Bougainvillea Pruning Is Easy
Article about Bougainvillea
Pruning by A. Ibu
Bougainvillea plant is a climbing flowering shrub with beautiful flowers and evergreen leaves which
need to be pruned periodically to keep it always looking beautiful. Pruning also keep the plant healthy.
Pruning bougainvillea is best to do in late winter or early
spring, right after it flowers. The
beginning of the rainy season also a good time to prune bougainvillea. It would be wise to avoid pruning bougainvillea plant in late summer or early
fall. This would result in fewer flowers
of the plant in the following winter.
When pruning, it is better to wear gloves, since the plant
is a thorn-covered vine. Choose only
gloves made of thick material. Before
using the pruning shears, wipe it with disinfectant to prevent the spread of
disease to the plant.
Pruning may begin with cutting the dead or diseased parts of
bougainvillea. After that, don’t forget
to wipe the pruning shears again with the disinfectant before pruning the
healthy bougainvillea branches. Continue pruning until it shaped as desired. The pruning process might need to repeat
throughout the growing season. This will
promote new blooms.
Between the regular prunings, pinching off the tops of the
blooms might also needed once they have faded.
This can be done with your fingers or with shears. Pruning off dead blooms more often will
result in the more new blooms the plant will produce.
Bougainvillea are hardy plant, variety of shapes can be
formed when pruning bougainvillea. For
example, cutting away low-lying branches would make the vine look like a tree. Or perhaps you want to try to make
bougainvillea bonsai, which can be obtained if you prune the plant to keep it
short enough and trim branches regularly.
Don’t forget to fertilize the plant after removing plenty of
branches. This will replenish the beautiful
bougainvillea plant.
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