Bougainvillea planting and care tips: easily create a sea of flowers on your balcony
In the veins of the city, pedestrian bridges usually serve as traffic hubs,yeton the streets of Guangzhou, you can unexpectedly encounterabeautiful pedestrian bridge scene.Recently, the bougainvillea on Guangzhou's major pedestrian bridges has bloomed, creating a beautiful scene where the bridges and flowers set each other off.
Bougainvillea, this tropical flower native to Brazil, has the scientific name Bougainvillea glabra and belongs to the Nyctaginaceae family, Bougainvillea genus. Its unique form is unforgettable: the flowers are small and delicate, usually in groups of three, clustered among three large and brilliant bracts. These bracts are brightly colored, covering a rich range of shades including red, pink, white and orange, and visually are easily mistaken for petals, thus forming a highly ornamental floral cluster display.
Under Guangzhou's mild and humid climate conditions, bougainvillea's flowering performance is extremely outstanding. Normally, its flowering period stretches from late autumn to late spring of the following year, and with proper care it can even bloom continuously all year round. The warm, humid environment provides exceptionally favorable conditions for bougainvillea's growth, and the bougainvillea on the pedestrian bridges blooms in competition, as if overnight the bridges were draped in a brilliant, eye-catching garment of flowers. The flowers pile layer upon layer, clustering into waves, surging from one end of the bridge to the other. Red bougainvillea is passionate and unrestrained, injecting vigorous vitality into the city; pink bougainvillea is gentle and graceful, while white bougainvillea is pure and elegant, adding a touch of purity amid the bustling city.
The reason the bougainvillea on Guangzhou's pedestrian bridges can present such a delicate and charming appearance is inseparable from the careful maintenance by the care staff. Bougainvillea loves light, and Guangzhou's ample sunlight conditions precisely meet its growth needs. Caring forbougainvillea requiresregular watering, strictly controlling soil moisture, ensuring the soil is moist but not waterlogged, fully taking into account bougainvillea's characteristic of loving water but fearing waterlogging.
The fertilizing step is also very particular,if you want bougainvillea to bloom more, fertilizer must keep up. In the peak growing season (March - September), apply a thin nitrogen fertilizer once every 10 - 15 days, such as fermented cake fertilizer water, which can make the plant's branches and leaves lush. Before the flowering period (September - February of the following year), switch to phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, such as monopotassium phosphate, diluted into a 0.2% - 0.3% solution, and spray the leaves once every 7 - 10 days, or water the roots, which can make flower buds pop out and the flowers large and vivid. When fertilizing, note that thin fertilizer should be applied frequently, avoiding concentrated fertilizer burning the roots.
In addition, to shape an attractive form and achieve perfect coverage of the pedestrian bridge by bougainvillea, the care staff will carry out pruning at the appropriate time,reasonable pruning can make bougainvillea's shape more attractive and also promote flowering. After flowering, promptly cut off faded flowers, dead branches and diseased branches to reduce nutrient consumption. During growth, shorten overly long branches to promote side branch growth and increase the number of flowering branches. Every spring, the plant can also undergo a heavy pruning, retaining 1/3 - 1/2 of the plant's height, letting it sprout new branches again, so the plant shape will be more compact and flowering more concentrated.
If you also like bougainvillea, why not plant some varieties you like at home too!Once you've masteredthe aboveplanting and care tips, it will be hard for your bougainvillea not to bloom profusely! Hurry up and take action, and let bougainvillea bloom in its most beautiful form in your home.