Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes or tree plants. It is often grown as gardening plant in worm climates. It is native to South America from Brazil West to Peru and South Argentina.
The Bougainvillea is named for French navigator Louis-Antoine De Bougainville. Bougainvillea tropical vine known for the beauty of the large colourful sepal like waxy bracts surround its flowers. The bracts may be magenta, white, purple, yellow or crimson in colour. It is commonly known as “Paper flower” due to thin papery bracts.
I shared my some ideas and experiences on Papers plants from my garden.
1. PROPAGATION
1. Stem cutting used for propagation of Bougainvillaea.
2. Stem cutting should be 12 mm or more thick and should have at least 4 to 6 nodes.
3. To prevent root infection wash your cuttings in broad spectrum fungicide before planting.
4. Use rooting rooting powder such as IBA ( Indole butyric acid ) in low concentration.
5. Several cutting can be rooted together in large container by spacing 4 inches from each cutting.
6. Any well drained potting medium is suitable for growing Bougainvillea.
7. Gardening container should have well drainage system at least 2-3 holes
8. Best responses in the potting mix like 60% loamy soil + 25% coco-peat + 10% sand + 5% organic compound.
9. Now pour the potting mix in your garden container and plant your cuttings by making holes in the medium. Now press the potting mix by hand to firm cuttings in to the medium and water gently.
10. Now place your container under a semi shade are where it can receive indirect filter sunlight.
11. Keep soil moist till seedlings are well developed.
12. After 3 to 12 weeks cutting will be start to produce new roots in potting mix.
13. It depends on the use of a rooting hormone and the cultivars maintenances
14. You should taken cautions when you transplant young seedlings to a new pot. Bougainvilleas roots are weak and brittle.
2. WATERING
15. Skill of watering is importance to bloom more your plants.
16. Bougainvilleas will bloom more when they are ‘stressed’ dry.
17. You should give water only when the soil dries up to 2-4 inches deep.
18. Every time give enough water and make sure that water can comes out of from the drainage holes at the bottom.
19. The amount of water needed depends on the medium type, environmental conditions, size of plant and pot size.
3. FERTILIZER
20. After establishment of seedling start feeding your plants.
21. Use organic fertilizers like mustered cake dust or dry cow dung or bone dust ½ to 1 teaspoon for initial vegetative growth.
22. Bougainvillea needs regular fertilizer high in phosphates when they are start blooming.
23. You can use complete balanced fertilizer like NPK 10:10:10 / 5:5:5 to promote good bougainvillea health and plentiful flower. 5gm is enough for per plants in every 15 days.
24. Do not use nitrogen rich fertilizer. Too much fertilizer will promote vegetative growth and inhibit blooming.
25. Use any micronutrient twice a year, soluble micro elements helps to prevents leaf chlorosis.
4. PRUNING
26. Bougainvillea requires regular pruning to bloom more your plants.
27. Overcrowding may leads to pest and diseases. For these reasons regular pruning is necessary to give shape your plants.
28. Flowers are always born on newly growth shoots.
29. Pruning is necessary to induce new growth and it helps to bloom more your plants regularly.
30. Pruning should be done after every flowering has finished.
31. Dead wood should be removed regularly as it appears.
32. The amount of water needed depends on the medium type, environmental conditions, size of plant and pot size.
PEST MANAGEMENT
1. We know that ‘Prevention is better than cure’.
2. Water your plant at base. Don’t give water on leaves.
3. If it not possible than watering done in the morning because leaves will have enough time to dry.
4. Don’t use high nitrogen fertilizer when any infection occurs in your plants.
5. Immediately trim affected part and dispose it carefully.
6. Use Neem oil( 3ml/lit ) as foliar spary every 15 days.
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