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CARE INFORMATION
Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spp.) takes heavy top pruning; cut a branch off just above a thorn to stimulate new bud growth -- sometimes cutting below a thorn will cause die-back down to the next branch; buds back on old wood; don't bare-root young plants; give less water before flowering, more during, little throughout the winter; give lots of light; known to produce "flowers" (actually modified colored showy bracts surrounding a trio of small white or yellow-tipped trumpet-like flowers) up to three separate times a year; possible to start withholding water on healthy established plants until the largest green leaves just start to wilt from dehydration, those leaves should then rehydrate without harm or loss; likes a lot of water in good-draining soil; cut largest leaves in half throughout the summer to stimulate bud growth for winter flowers; feed with high Nitrogen fertilizer to get a lot of growth of leaf pads
SEE ALSO:
Bonsai Clubs International species care guide, http://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/bougainvillea.html S & S Bonsai Care Sheet, http://www.bonsaitoolchest.com/download/bougainvillea.pdf |