How to make Bougainvillea bloom quickly again (how to make it bloom quickly again after it withers)

1. You need a variety of bougainvillea that blooms frequently

Friends who have grown bougainvillea know that there are many varieties of bougainvillea that bloom frequently. As long as there are sufficient nutrients and light, it can bloom twice or even multiple times a year.

But for some lazy flower varieties, it is normal to bloom once a year. Even if you strengthen maintenance and management, it is not easy to make it bloom again.

If you want bougainvillea to bloom multiple times a year, you should first grow varieties that bloom more frequently, such as Green Leaf Sakura, Golden Heart Bicolor, Pink Lady, Heavy Red Bougainvillea, etc. These varieties can bloom again as long as they are well maintained.

2. Prune bougainvillea in time after flowering

After the bougainvillea has finished blooming, it is necessary to immediately prune off the withered flowers, and these flowers should be cut off from the pedicels. At the same time, some dead branches and diseased branches should be cut off, and branches that are too long and too high should be shortened.

If the branches and leaves are relatively dense, you can thin them out appropriately. This can reduce the consumption of nutrients and increase ventilation and lighting between the branches and leaves, which is beneficial for the plant to differentiate flower buds again and complete flowering .

3. Fertilize Bougainvillea Reasonably

After pruning the bougainvillea, you should start fertilizing it to supplement its nutrients so that the plant can get a short rest. You can water it with some thin cake fertilizer water, or apply some nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer to make the plant grow quickly.

After a period of growth, give it some phosphorus and potassium. You can use 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate to spray the leaves and spray the back of the leaves evenly. The rest can be used to irrigate the roots. Apply it once every 10 days or so, and the plant will soon be able to differentiate flower buds again.

4. Maintain sufficient light

Bougainvillea is a flower that loves sunlight very much. If you want it to bloom more, in addition to maintaining sufficient nutrients, light is also an indispensable condition for flowering.

Whether in the growth period or in the flower bud differentiation stage, Bougainvillea must be guaranteed to have sufficient light to enable the plant to differentiate a large number of flower buds and complete flowering.

If bougainvillea is placed in an environment lacking sunlight, the plant will bloom less and the flower color will be darker.

Therefore, when growing bougainvillea, don’t worry about sunburn. You can expose it to more sunlight, so that it will differentiate a large number of flower buds, bloom more, and have brighter colors.