Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Helppppppppppppppppppppppppp, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
I bought a bougainvillea standard, got it home and promptly cracked the stake at ground level and the plant fell over and SNAP!! It was not a clean break. A little more than halfway thru the trunk. It was over 1 inch long and jagged.

I stuck a new stake in the other side and stood the tree back up and used masking tape to tape the trunk back together. This happened this AM. Tonight there is no wilting yet.

Does masking tape work? Any special instructions?

The break is almost at the pot level. See the masking tape?