Looks like this will be the last flush for the Bougainvillea this year.....fall is coming to Northern California.
Summer's Last Gasp
Awesome pic!!!
Oh, and what a way to go!
That one's a beauty....what's her name?
I saw bougainvillea for the first time last year in Houston. I wanted to buy one so bad. But I didn't. I didn't like the thorns on them, and it wasn't hardy to my zone. If it had been hardy to my zone I would have over looked the thorns. It was such a beautiful plant.
It was the same color as yours. Yours is simply beautiful. Do you overwinter it in a GH? Or will it stay nice all winter for you?
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Happenstance, that is so pretty. Now you have to share your secrets. I have overwintered them in the garage and cut back a little in the spring and they came back, but never as well and full as when I first purchased. Maybe not enough fertilizer or maybe I should have cut it wa-a-y back. Now I live in FL (Panhandle) so I'd like to try again. What pro advice do you have? Thanks, Barbara
This is planted in the ground under some Queen palms and I prune it harshly twice a year. It doesn''t get anything special, just the general twice yearly application of bagged manure and a spring application of broadcast general fertilizer. In a normal warm season there are usually 4-5 large flushes of blooms. It's a no name B. glabra. It is not planted in an optimum location, but I had little choice because of the high winds we have year round. I gave up with another one after its trellis was torn off the house three winters in a row.
I've never grown them in pots so I really can't speak to that issue. Great care should be taken when planting them, as they don't like their roots disturbed and can take a couple of seasons to become well established.
love bougainvilleas, candy. thanks for sharing yours. mine are still blooming, and i couldn't be happier!