Bougainvillea
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Paul Landis
Dustin Mann
Lazaro Quintino
Martin S
Jay Wilson
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Rob Kempinski
dorothy7774
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Bougainvillea
This is my first flowering bonsai, a Bougainvillea. I aquired the tree as a "bush" and am regrowing the branches since then. No wire, just clip and grow from now on. Suggestions are appreciated (esp. on clip and grow technique with Bougies).
Thanks,dorothy
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dorothy7774- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
I'd use wire to get the branches where you want them initially. After that it hard prune and wait. Hard prune and wait.
Rob Kempinski- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Dorthy, I have to say that without wire, mine would be completely unmanageable. It does grow crazy fast. You have a very nice start there.
Good luck.
Ed
Good luck.
Ed
EdMerc- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Flowering bonsai... they are the best. If only I had your warm/light
Dorothy.. wanna house/garden swap for a year or two?
Tony
Dorothy.. wanna house/garden swap for a year or two?
Tony
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Re: Bougainvillea
Your Bougainvillea is well on its way. You are doing all the right stuff and the posts about wire for branches so true. You can zig zag and pull down the primary branches. The pink and reds bloom constantly. The purples have been only twice to three times per year for me. I prefer the perple bract because leaves reduce so well-as small as pink pixie. I have cared more about getting a couple of nice branches over full bloom first couple of years. I would suggest chasing back hard and concentrate on getting couple primary branches(let them grow-then chase back) and get rid of everthing else. I guess that would mean less massive bloom in beginning but I believe that is better than a bunch of "Whips" when you get up close and look thru(past)blooms Dustin
Dustin Mann- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Lazaro Quintino wrote:Here is the tree that I use to own but it was definitely too big for me. It weighed 77 lbs. and my friends called it "The Herniator". I got pretty good at getting them to fully bloom. I would just defoliate it and then hit it with Bougain once the new leaves started growing. Enjoy
NOW I am really sick.... what a great tree and with such fantastic colour Lazaro
Tony
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Re: Bougainvillea
Cool tree!! Thanks for sharing. Cant wait to see some future pix!!
Paul Landis- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Nice start dorothy, on a magneficent trunk. I can't wait to see those blossoms in that colour. Any ideas on colour of pot yet? I do agree with the others. Wire, wire, wire. Too good not to.
anttal63- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
If I'm not mistaken, I see a couple of lavender blooms on the second or third picture.
EdMerc- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Tony wrote:Flowering bonsai... they are the best.
Almost all trees make flowers - just some are better looking than others. (Like most things.)
Rob Kempinski- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Rob, could you please explain the time to wire and to prune it? Here in Brazil i have a few ones.. i prune it after the flowers... bougainvilles like food.. i lot, so i put osmocot every time. do you agree?
amazonida- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Nice bougainvillea Dorothy. I enjoyed seeing it....as well as the others people have posted.
Here is mine this summer after defoliating, repotting and re-wiring. I had to grow all the branches. Collected in Central Indiana of all places. Grew in the floor of a greenhouse for a couple decades I think.
Not sure of the variety, but it has not bloomed for me yet. I keep trimming it back. I also will cut off the big dead wood this year I think to get more of a natural look.
Here is mine this summer after defoliating, repotting and re-wiring. I had to grow all the branches. Collected in Central Indiana of all places. Grew in the floor of a greenhouse for a couple decades I think.
Not sure of the variety, but it has not bloomed for me yet. I keep trimming it back. I also will cut off the big dead wood this year I think to get more of a natural look.
NeilDellinger- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Hey, Dorothy
that Bougainvillea has great potential!
if you can get it to look your future plan, it would be a prized specimen.
also Lazaro,
that Bougainvillea you had was wonderful,
Justin
that Bougainvillea has great potential!
if you can get it to look your future plan, it would be a prized specimen.
also Lazaro,
that Bougainvillea you had was wonderful,
Justin
sitarbonsai- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea are native to Brazil so I would imagine you could prune and wire in the beginning of your growing season. For us in the semitropical northern hemisphere that is early spring. You can work on them throughout the growing season. I would leave the tree alone during the cooler months, when you would see most flowers. Osomcote is ok, but like Lazaro I would recommend a bloom boasting fertilizer for maximum flowers. In the USA we have one call Bougain fertilizer. I use it only on bougainvillea.amazonida wrote:Rob, could you please explain the time to wire and to prune it? Here in Brazil i have a few ones.. i prune it after the flowers... bougainvilles like food.. i lot, so i put osmocot every time. do you agree?
This is what wiring can do for a bougy.
Rob Kempinski- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Rob, thanks for that helpful information. i'll post a stump in the next days, and i invite you to check it out.
Wiring in the growing season should be fast right? Maybe one month maximun to remove it. And i like the fertilizer specific , the bougain. where it can be found? supermarket? nursery?
Wiring in the growing season should be fast right? Maybe one month maximun to remove it. And i like the fertilizer specific , the bougain. where it can be found? supermarket? nursery?
amazonida- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Rob,
I did wire the branches the first time. Thanks for the nice Bougie picks and comments.
Ed,
the bougie really grows out of shape in no time. I guess I just have to take advantage of it.... Yes, lavender colored blooms.
Tony,
I did send you some sunshine in the other thread..Swap my house and garden for a year or two? Not for 5 minutes.. ..Done with the wet cold a long time ago..
Jay,
thank you. I would have already gotten a Bougainvillea , but I could never find one that I liked. This one does have nice movement indeed.
Martin, thanks.
Lazaro, hope the "Herniator" did not foreshadow any health issues.. Nice tree!
Dustin,
this tree has purple (a bit lighter) bracts. The leaves do reduce very much and the flowers seem not too big either. Thanks.
Paul, thank you.
Antonio,
thanks. I am not good with pots, no clue about the container othet than probably something "frosty".. (I like the frosty donuts better that the glazed ones..ha!)
Neil,
cool tree! Unusual. Got more pics? Thanks.
Justin,
I hope i can develop the tree according to my virt. I like to style it similar to an Azalea, with a nice structure, so the tree can be shown with blooms only, no leaves..
I did wire the branches the first time. Thanks for the nice Bougie picks and comments.
Ed,
the bougie really grows out of shape in no time. I guess I just have to take advantage of it.... Yes, lavender colored blooms.
Tony,
I did send you some sunshine in the other thread..Swap my house and garden for a year or two? Not for 5 minutes.. ..Done with the wet cold a long time ago..
Jay,
thank you. I would have already gotten a Bougainvillea , but I could never find one that I liked. This one does have nice movement indeed.
Martin, thanks.
Lazaro, hope the "Herniator" did not foreshadow any health issues.. Nice tree!
Dustin,
this tree has purple (a bit lighter) bracts. The leaves do reduce very much and the flowers seem not too big either. Thanks.
Paul, thank you.
Antonio,
thanks. I am not good with pots, no clue about the container othet than probably something "frosty".. (I like the frosty donuts better that the glazed ones..ha!)
Neil,
cool tree! Unusual. Got more pics? Thanks.
Justin,
I hope i can develop the tree according to my virt. I like to style it similar to an Azalea, with a nice structure, so the tree can be shown with blooms only, no leaves..
dorothy7774- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Frosty sounds great for that colour bloom! Frosty on the do-nuts sounds great too!
anttal63- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Good tree movement, good taper,bougies will give you more than enough branches to chose from .What more can you ask for.
Ka Pabling- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Dorth. Gulfstream Bonsai sells Bougain Fertilizer. I believe Miami Tropical and Durastone sell it too.Everywhere in Florida. Rob, thanks so much for posting photo of Bouggy from Asia Pacific. Perfect example of how ramification makes a tree look aged. If there were no ramification tree would be ordinary with bar brances and reverse taper on right branch. Dustin
Dustin Mann- Member
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Dustin Mann wrote:Everywhere in Florida. Rob, thanks so much for posting photo of Bouggy from Asia Pacific. Perfect example of how ramification makes a tree look aged. If there were no ramification tree would be ordinary with bar brances and reverse taper on right branch. Dustin
Appreciate the beauty and not the design. I didn't notice bar branches nor really care about them as the beauty of this tree surpasses that. Imagine it in flower!
Rob Kempinski- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Rob: You are right about overall beauty of the tree(and it is Beautiful!!) surpasses the design element. That was my point!! If you or anyone else cover up everything above first two branches with hand/piece of paper you see only the basic line(structure) of tree.(David Degoot-tension then resolution as in music) The ramification and structure of rest of the tree(the beauty) comes from this. Sorry,just my opinion to see thru tree and why it's beautiful. Your "I don't really care" sounds a bit testy/paradoxical. Like-motion to surpress Mann's comment.
Dustin Mann- Member
Re: Bougainvillea
Dustin Mann wrote: Your "I don't really care" sounds a bit testy/paradoxical. Like-motion to surpress Mann's comment.
Not testy just a statement. I feel bar branches is probably the most overrated (or over emphasized might be a better way to say it) problem in bonsai design. Virtually every pine bonsai in an upright style will have several of them.
Rob Kempinski- Member
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