How I Prune & Trim My Bougainvillea For Maximum Bloom

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My Bougainvillea glabra is a flowering machine. It puts out a big show of magenta/purplish color off and on for 9 or 10 months out of the year. It grows up and over my garage which sits at the end of a long, narrow driveway. It gets a major “WOW” from anyone who sees it. Here’s how I prune and trim my bougainvillea for maximum bloom. Get more info & see pics here: http://www.joyusgarden.com/prune-bougainvillea/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY BUSINESS: JOY US GARDEN This is where I share all things gardening & creating. Let's make the world a more beautiful place! YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT: http://www.joyusgarden.com SIGN UP FOR MY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SO YOU GET THE GOOD STUFF: http://www.joyusgarden.com/newsletter/ SOCIAL MEDIA MADNESS Connect With Me At: Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyUsGarden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoyUsGarden https://www.facebook.com/nell.foster Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/JoyUsGarden/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/+NellFosterjoyusgarden/posts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’ll do 4 more lighter prunings throughout the warm season, ending in early December. My bougainvillea is a riot of color and yours can be too. Just remember, tip pruning (you’ll see the technique in ths video) is one of the keys to this dense show of flowers. It’s my own floral fiesta! More info & pics here: http://www.joyusgarden.com/prune-bougainvillea/

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I live in Ventura and I bought 2 plants about 2 years ago had them on my deck then combined the 2 into a corner of our backyard...the plant is healthy and very GREEN I need help! Is there anyway I can send you a picture of it?

We have 6 very large and old bougainvilleas on our new property, the HOA landscapers have trimmed then into very tight round balls. I want a more natural look. What are your suggestions?

amazing

Hi, please assist, I have 3 beautiful Bougainvillea in separate pots on my deck. The one flowers beautifully and the one flowers sporadically and the one had 4 buds and nothing for the last 4 months. I water once a week a very small amount as the weather is around 35 degrees Centigrade, can someone please help me to get them to bloom like you see on shows

Very helpful thank you so much!

I live in the San Diego area. My bougainvillea sometimes looks gorgeous, but then the bracts (I think you called them) all turn brown and dry up and eventually fall off and/or get stuck in the bush. And I have to clean them out - which is a pain - literally - because of the thorns. What can I do to stop that - or make it occur less often? Also, I am thinking the soil around the base probably doesn't have good drainage - so maybe I should dig around base and make for better drainage.

6/19/16

I wish you were in the Caribbean to help me with mines...I am having a littletrouble with mines...I bought the plant it's still in the pot...SO you said to get maximum flowering all I have to do is cut the tips....What happen is I bought a few of them but when I bought them they all had flowers nowww about lets say 3 months after some of them all the flowers are GONE!!!

Thank u so much. I'm a beginner and u taught me a lot. I'm looking forward to make my garden blooming with beautiful flowers. (:

Excelente

Your's a devilishly flowering machine! I'd like to know how can I get my one to flower as much as possible?

wow!! that looks awesome. Wish my plants would grow like that :(

wow!! how you make that much flowers in that bougainville?? (exploded into colour??really)I understand that flowers bloom on new woods..so just need to prune the new leaves as you said???sorry if i get it wrong..

Thank you my bougainville is very branchy I will trim accordingly..

so beautiful!

how often do you water???

Check out Burke's Backyard video on this as he has a total other perspective on looking after Boganvillea: Treat em mean, keep em keen. This turned out very beautiful though, sounds like the tip pruning was key for you!

Hi, I have such bougie envy for the way the plants in Phoenix and California look compared to mine here in Tampa. Seems with all the rain here they just never attain the same appeal as out west, and are always growing like mad.

How much water do bougainvillea need? I usually water about twice a week, but then it rained REALY hard and heavy for two days a few weeks ago (Corona CA), and the flowers basically fell off. Now I'm trying to bring them back.