Bougainvillea care tips: lush branches and leaves, and twice as many flowers

Bougainvillea, evergreen all year round, blooms in striking bright red, and also white, pink, purple, etc. Each of the three bracts surrounds a small flower in the middle, so it is also called paper flower and triangle flower. Keep one pot on the balcony, and when it blooms it looks like clusters of clouds, incomparably beautiful. So how should bougainvillea be grown to make it grow vigorously and bloom abundantly? If you want bougainvillea to bloom more, try doing this:

1. Potting soil, very important, best is loose, fertile, well-drained sandy soil. If the soil is too sticky and easily waterlogged, it will not grow well and is prone to root rot. The best soil mix is four parts leaf mold, two parts garden soil, plus decomposed chicken manure or other animal manure, some sawdust, and some river sand.

2. To grow bougainvillea, you can try cuttings yourself. In spring, cut off a branch from elsewhere. Insert it into a flower pot as a cutting, with proper shade and moisture retention.

It will live once inserted into the soil. After more than a month it will take root and can grow into a small bougainvillea seedling.

3. Bougainvillea likes a warm environment with plenty of sunlight, and in winter it needs to be moved indoors, without waterlogging. Then it can get through the winter smoothly.

4. Usually it must be placed in a sunny spot. It is fairly drought-tolerant, so you can water it a little less. Only with sufficient sunlight can bougainvillea bloom more. If placed in a place with insufficient sunlight and relatively dark conditions, it will not grow well.

5. Pruning is also very important. At the beginning of the year or in early spring, promptly cut off some dead branches and fallen leaves, and then it will sprout more new branches and leaves. In spring it will grow more vigorously. Some leggy branches can also be cut off along the way.

6. Control water appropriately to promote flowering. Leave it for two or three days without watering, let the soil dry out, then when you see the leaves slightly wilting, water it thoroughly once. This can promote it to sprout more flower buds.

If you grow bougainvillea according to these tips, it will definitely bloom in clusters and patches, very beautiful and eye-catching.