Bougainvillea only grows leaves and won't bloom? These 3 tricks will make 30 flowers open on its branches

Bougainvillea can produce a large number of flowers, and the flower colors are very vivid, making it very suitable for most people to grow. Growing it at home can also enhance the room's decorative effect, so many people are willing to grow bougainvillea. However, although bougainvillea is beautiful, it is relatively difficult to care for. Many people, when growing it, encounter the phenomenon that bougainvillea only grows larger but does not bloom, which troubles many people, who do not know how to handle it. Therefore, today I will introduce a very good method. When you encounter this situation, you only need to quickly use these "3 tricks" to make 30 flowers open on the bougainvillea branches!

First, we need to understand the principle behind bougainvillea only growing without blooming. This is because many people do not do a proper job when watering, providing light, and pruning bougainvillea, which causes excessive vegetative growth without flowering. Next, I will explain the specific solutions in detail. Everyone should read carefully!

1. Water bougainvillea correctly

Usually, when we water bougainvillea, we generally follow the watering principle of "water when dry, stop when wet." Only in this way can bougainvillea grow more vigorously. However, this watering method cannot be continued indefinitely. We also need to subject bougainvillea to water control, because plants also develop a kind of dependence, so we need to free the plant from this phenomenon to promote plant growth. Therefore, we usually need to control water for bougainvillea, that is, not water bougainvillea for about 10 days. This can stimulate bougainvillea's desire to survive, so that it will grow more vigorously afterward.

2. Give bougainvillea the correct light

Many people grow bougainvillea only because of its ornamental value and do not master its growth characteristics when caring for it. Therefore, when it comes to light, many people do not do a proper job. Because bougainvillea is a plant that lives in the south, especially widely seen in Guangxi and the Shenzhen area, it can be seen that bougainvillea likes high temperatures and long periods of light. Therefore, when we usually care for bougainvillea, we need to give it 8-14 hours of light. Only in this way can we promote bougainvillea to bloom, and the more sun it gets, the more it blooms. If there is insufficient light, it definitely will not bloom.

3. Prune bougainvillea in time

People who have grown bougainvillea should know that bougainvillea is a plant with a great many flowering branches and foliage branches, so it can bloom more. But this characteristic also brings some bad consequences: when the branches and leaves are too vigorous, the bougainvillea branches become messy, thus blocking sunlight from some other branches and causing poor growth. Bougainvillea also has apical dominance. If you do not pinch and top the bougainvillea, it can easily lead to excessive vegetative growth, leaving no remaining nutrients for bougainvillea to bloom. Therefore, we must usually prune the miscellaneous and diseased branches of bougainvillea in time, pinch and top the bougainvillea, and prune the top branches.

So if you usually like to grow bougainvillea and encounter the situation where bougainvillea grows excessively without blooming, we only need to quickly use these "3 tricks" to ensure that 30 flowers will open on the bougainvillea branches!