Bougainvillea is so beautiful: master a little trick to make it bloom in whichever month you want, with the number of flowers steadily increasing
Bougainvillea, also known as paperflower, has delicate and exquisite blooms, small and lovely, with a dazzling array of brilliant colors, bright purples and vivid reds, extremely eye-catching. Such a beautiful bougainvillea still needs the right methods to show off its radiance!
When caring for bougainvillea, master one little trick to make it bloom in whichever month you want, and the number of flowers will increase each time, so beautiful you cannot look away!
For example, if you want it to bloom in August, then in early July you need the little trick of controlling water, but not by going ten or twenty days without watering all at once, or even a month without watering, because then it would die of thirst! Instead, do it gradually: for example, first go five days without watering, and water again once the leaves wilt; then go seven days without watering, and water again once the leaves wilt, until flower bud differentiation, when you can resume normal watering!
Doing this can concentrate nutrients, because when bougainvillea is in drought its growth slows down, and the growth of tender shoots and new leaves also slows, so nutrients accumulate. Then when you water again at flower bud differentiation, it can bloom at the fixed time, and the number of flowers will also increase!
So when caring for bougainvillea normally, what issues should you pay attention to?
Bougainvillea grows very fast, so pay attention to pruning leggy branches, controlling plant height to make its shape more attractive, and reducing nutrient consumption to promote new shoot growth.
Bougainvillea loves light very much. The more sufficient the light, the more vivid the flower color; with weak light, the plant grows poorly and the flowers are paler, with no luster at all!
Moreover, during the peak growing season, apply topdressing fertilizer, and you can apply 2 to 3 times of diluted liquid fertilizer to make it grow lush branches and leaves, promote bud formation and blooming, and make the flower color more vivid and the blooms even larger!
That is all for today's sharing about bougainvillea! If you want to learn more little gardening tips, welcome to follow the editor!
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