Do you propagate Boganvillia?

I would love to propagate Boganvilia (sp) I think they are beautiful.Has any one ever done this or knows how .Would love to learn how.

I did propagate once. I used about a 4-5 inch cutting with rootone, kept the soil moist. It worked. Sometimes it is trial and error.

good luck

Yeah, gingerose, I've propogated them by the zillions over the years. An easy deal.... My method (probabably NOT the recommended method by the Bougainvillia Wizars on this board, but it's worked for me): Simply treat them as any other cutting you make in the fall: Clip all blossums/new growth, and stick them in some potting soil. They'll grow like all Hades...

Now thats what I wanted to hear...How long does it take to root them ?after you put them in baskets what do you feed them to get a good start?Do you just take the ends to make cutting with?Sorry but it takes so long to get one started I need to do this ..thak you for your answers

You do not feed a cutting until it gets roots. I have rooted in water, changing it every day and in seeding soil less mix. Works great. Keep it damp not wet.

Good tidbits. Thanks to all of you.

Yes indeed thaks to all ..much appreciated.

If you are friendly with your nursery personnel, they will let you cut off a long stem or maybe a neighbor. LOL.

LOL.. SHARON..I can get all the cutting's I want ..just dont know how to propagate them,here a picture of the front of my shop..they are beautiful.

Well you got me on that one. Beautiful pots.

If I'd live closer, I would have to drop by for a visit......

In all honesty, Gingerose, I never really thought about HOW I rooted the things. They were just so easy, I just did it. Here's what I've been doing for years in a little more detail. I have an old Barbara Karst (probably 10 yrs. old) outside my greenhouse. It rooted itself from trimmings I'd made and tossed outside. I had to prune the mother plant to death just to get it out of the greenhouse! I got lazy (actually, busy with the spring activities of stuff I cared about), so the pile of cuttings sat most of the summer. When I went to move them to their final resting ground on the compost pile in the woods, one had struck roots...all by it's ownself, no aid given, so I left it (I'm a softy for feisty plants!). I figured it would die over the winter, but it didn't. Froze to the ground, but came back in the spring (late April, early May, depending on severity of the winter). Every year, since 1992. I grow a lot of plants for the Charleston Hort. Societies' "Plantastasia" every year, and one year the thought occurred to me that they might be a good item for the "Member's Favorites" section. So that Fall (mid-late October, I made 5 cuttings, not expecting them to do much. It was an experiment, and it worked. I made 5 cuttings of new growth (all "end-tips" of new growth) 5"-10" long, dipped them in Root-tone, planted them in Pro-mix lightly mixed with some "Bolster", set them in a tray atop my gro-mat (@ 70°. Three weeks later, they'd struck roots. Six weeks later, they were showing new growth, so I took them off the gro-mat and moved them to a sunny spot in the GH without the ground heat. They continued to flourish...and disappeared within minutes at Plantasia. And from my persective, that's all there is to it. One of the easiest plants to propogate, or I'm just the luckiest son of a gun...

STONORIVER..I am going to try that I have a heat matt,Root-tone and Pro-mix..dont know what Bolster is tho.Did you water them when you planted them and how often after that...Thanks a million for the info..Please tell me what bolster is ..

Bolster is some organic fertilizer that I found really encourages blooming in everything I've used it on (especially Knock-Out roses!). It's only 4-4-4, so I don't know why it works so well. I don't usually use any fertizer at all when I'm rooting things, but always use some Bolster when I'm potting up. I had some "potting up" Pro-Mix already mixed up with Bolster, so I figured I'd try it (actually, I was just too lazy to mix up a batch without the bolster for just 5 cuttings). I don't think it affected the rooting process at all, but I think it helped the new growth---once roots had struck---get off to a really good start. They were mighty strong young plants---grew like Topsy! I put the cuttings in trays and bottom watered them every day with a rainwater/peroxide mix, so I kept them pretty wet. They were rooted in 2-3 weeks, and took off at about 5-6 weeks. Had to cut them back at 8 weeks. BTW, Bolster can be hard to find---I've only found it at John Deere Landscaping places.

Thanks for your reply Stono River
I've never heard of Bolster ,will have to find some to try ,I like to use peroxide in my water also ,it really helps plants,I like to raise blooming cactus and make a mix of 1 table spoon of each:seaweed,fish emusion ,peroxide,..then half teaspoon of superbloom,and 2or3 drops super thrive..they really love this mix in a gal.of water.I use it on my flowers also. Just use it once every 3 weeks.

I think your combination of "Supers" would serve the same purpose as my "Bolster", Gingerose. I'd try that first on the Bougies since you're familiar with it... I think you're in for a pleasant surprise with your Bouganvillea!