How to shape bougainvillea bonsai

Multi-tower bonsai

When making a multi-tower bonsai of Bougainvillea, you must first cut off all the side branches and keep one or more upright branches. If you can keep three tendrils, you can weave them together. When it grows to the right height, cut off the tip of the top to allow it to sprout side branches.

By clearing away the excess buds of Bougainvillea at intervals of 30-40cm, a multi-tower shape can be formed.

Flower basket bonsai

The flower basket bonsai is a relatively peculiar type. Trim the entire bougainvillea plant into a large flat surface, retain two branches at the diagonals of the plane, bend the branches inward, touch and overlap them, and then tie them together to form the handles of the flower basket.

In this way, you can make a bougainvillea bonsai in the shape of a flower basket.

Cliff Bonsai

The cliff-style bonsai of Bougainvillea is relatively simple to make. It is done by tying the branches together, and then letting some of the branches hang down, so that it looks like a cliff. This is the cliff bonsai.

Curved trunk bonsai

The curved trunk bonsai of Bougainvillea is to tie up the plants that have grown for 1-2 years. The main trunk is tied up and shaded at a distance of 10-20 cm from the roots. This can change its growth direction and make it bend, but the appearance of the bend will not be the same, so the effect created is also different and has a unique aesthetic.