When is the right time to plant climbing bougainvillea?

Climbing Bougainvillea is a climbing plant, which belongs to the vine plant. The plant has strong adaptability. It is not only common in the south, but can also be planted in the cold north. It is often seen in courtyards, parks, gardens, etc. in southern China. So when is it suitable to plant climbing Bougainvillea? Let’s take a look below.

1. When is the best time to plant climbing bougainvillea?

Bougainvillea is best planted in spring from February to April, when everything revives, the temperature rises and stabilizes, and the sunlight is mild, which is conducive to the rapid adaptation of Bougainvillea to the new environment and speeds up the acclimatization time. You can also plant bougainvillea in autumn from September to October. At this time, the light gradually weakens and the temperature drops to a cool state, which is also conducive to the growth of bougainvillea.

2. How to make Bougainvillea bloom more and more beautifully?

1. Apply more fertilizer

To promote the growth of thick branches and strong leaves during the growing period, bougainvillea needs to be fertilized many times. Bougainvillea likes fertilizer very much, but you cannot use raw fertilizer or concentrated fertilizer every time to avoid burning the roots, yellowing the leaves and falling off. When flower buds appear, spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate, add more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, etc. You can also bury some fermented bone meal, cake fertilizer and other organic fertilizers in the pot.

2. Get more sun

Bougainvillea is a plant that particularly likes the sun. The more light it gets, the less it grows tall, the stronger it grows, and the more flowers it will bloom during the flowering period. Therefore, if you want Bougainvillea to bloom more, sufficient light is essential.

3. Water less

If you want Bougainvillea to bloom more, you need to control the water properly, because Bougainvillea is difficult to bloom when there is sufficient water and only leaves grow. However, in the case of water shortage, Bougainvillea is very easy to bloom. In spring and summer, proper water control is needed, so that the Bougainvillea can bloom more and the flowers will bloom densely without visible leaves.

4. Acid supplement

Bougainvillea can only grow well and bloom in acidic soil. If the soil is alkaline, it will die at worst, or not bloom at best. Therefore, we need to regularly supplement the acidity of the bougainvillea. We can first use a little citric acid , and then use ferrous sulfate to fundamentally change the acidity of the soil, so that the bougainvillea can recover its health and bloom more.

3. Bougainvillea pruning method

1. Shortening method: It is mainly to reduce nutrient consumption, concentrate supply on the growth of retained branches, change the growth direction of branches, cut off part of the branches, and shorten the overgrown branches.

2. Thinning method: The objects of pruning are branches that disrupt the tree shape, leggy branches that have no utilization value, seriously diseased and insect-infested branches, dead branches and parts that need renewal.

3. Pinchback: When the growth center of a branch moves seriously outward, resulting in the back of the branch being bare or there are very few branches, and the space is increased, so that some branches grow weakly and bloom less, in order to move the center of gravity of flowering and growth backward, shorten the nutrient transportation route, and reduce consumption, the branch is cut back to a position where a vigorously growing branch leads.

4. Inner buds and outer buds: In order to promote outward oblique branching, leave the inner buds as the cut buds at the appropriate position of the branches, and the second bud is the outer bud. After pruning, when the first and second buds have sprouted, the inner buds will be cut off in time to allow the outer buds to grow normally obliquely.

5. Holding branches: For the vigorous and upright branches, gently rub the branches with your hands to cause slight damage to their conductive tissues, thereby inhibiting their growth. The purpose of early flowering.

6. Branch breaking: Breaking off upright and vigorous branches by half or one third, so that part of them still retains the conductive function.

7. Bending branches: This is to change the straight bars from an upright state to a bent state, which requires binding or pulling to achieve.

8. Branch twisting means twisting the branches of Bougainvillea from the base to damage the xylem and phloem, thereby changing the growth potential.

9. Circle the branches. Weave the branches of Bougainvillea into rings of varying sizes to increase the number of flowers and the ornamental value of the Bougainvillea.

That’s it