How To Plant Bonsai Bougainvillea

How to make a bougainvillea bonsai container selection.
How to plant bonsai bougainvillea. Lift the bougainvillea plant from its container and tickle the roots then wet the root ball into the hole. Dig a hole as deep as the bougainvillea plant s root ball. Your bougainvillea bonsai plants require direct sunlight all day long in order to thrive. Buy a cacti soil mixture or make your own by mixing equal amounts of potting mix perlite or river sand peat.
Air layering is also possible. Always keep the plants in a location where the temperature is above 40 degrees f. The bougainvillea can be propagated from cuttings. Choosing the right container for your bonsai is important.
Obtaining plants large cuttings up to four or six inches root easily. 2 place the bougainvillea outdoors in a sunny location in the spring when all. Best results are achieved in spring and summer with semi hardwood cuttings or root cuttings. Only water the plant when the top of the soil is dry to the touch.
Start your bougainvillea bonsai in spring. Use a potting mix that drains quickly. Plant the bougainvillea bonsai in a container with drain holes in the bottom. To ensure that bougainvillea blooms abundantly strategically put it at a location where it is exposed to the direct sunlight for at least 5 6 hours or more in a day.
Bougainvillea needs sun heat to thrive be a blooming machine. Loosen the soil on the bottom of the hole to make sure the water will drain out. Just like planting a shrub dig the hole at least 2 times as wide as the rootball. Bougainvillea can make a spectacular tropical bonsai since they love to be pruned and will bloom in a pot.
Select a rectangular or round pot with. In winters when you bring the pot indoors place it at a spot where it can receive an ample amount of light. Take a shallow pot with several drainage holes at the bottom and depth equal to the diameter of the bougainvillea s. Use about a two foot section and bury three or four inches.
If the neighbor is having a monster pruned or removed collect some logs. Select a 6 to 8 inch tall bougainvillea plant from a. Fill the bottom one. For more detailed information on these techniques try our bonsai tree care section.
Add a high phosphate fertilizer to the hole to promote root growth and help the flowers bloom.