I have a 15 yr old Bougainvillea that lives in a pot. I live in Indiana so it is definitely an indoor plant in the winter. I babysit in the winter with a plant light. I think 15 years in a pot is pretty good and it’s gorgeous right now
I just bought bougainvillea plant and transplanted b4 searching for care videos. Of all the videos I watched, yours was the most informative and easy to understand. Thank you!
I have had a purple bougainvillea for 22 years. I live in Texas and it survives the cold weather year after year. I cover it when the temperature is under 33 degrees. And I have 3 in pots and I leave them in the garage. That’s my favorite plant.
Hi Jamie By far the best video I have found. Had the same experience as you had with it losing all its foliage just days after I bought them and planted them in the yard. it was being hit by our lawn sprinkler . Dug them back up and put them in pots and now I can control the watering without depriving my other plants of Sprinkler watering. Also greatly appreciate the tips on the couple days of frost we get in Houston .
My grandmother had a MASSIVE bougainvillea when I was little. It was so huge that she hollowed out a walkway through the center of the plant. Two people could easily walk side by side through there with room to spare! It was incredible but I would never want to maintain it. 🤣
I grew up in Ventura County and I love this plant. Now I live by Lake Isabella in Califirnia and I just found one at our local Grocery Outlet. So excited. I will be taking care of it with the tips you shared here. Thank you.
Oh my gosh...I was killing it.. I stopped your video when you showed both sides of your bougainvillea's. Mine looked like your left side. I took the mulch off the top of it...took it out of the shade. Fluffed up the dirt and put it in my back yard in full sun..It is 100 degrees here today,,Roseville, CA. I hope I saved it. As you said it will let me know. It only has 2 flowers left. Its very green.. keeping my fingers crossed. Yours was one of the best videos I have found. Thanks so much
The problem with mentioning USDA hardiness zone but not regional differences is it only covers for cold hardiness. What works for someone in USDA zone 10 in southern Arizona where they get 100°+ nearly every single day of summer will be a lot different than what works for someone in zone 10 in Hawaii where it rarely gets over 95°. The climate for dry zone 9b in NorCal will be a lot different than zone 9b in the rainiest state in the Union (Louisiana).
Omg THANK YOUUU! I finally found someone in my zone (East Bay, but still 9b) with great videos! Just bought a bougainvillea and I don’t want to ruin it, so this is super helpful!
thankyou!!! love listening! iv been browsing on some bougainvillea care tips and yours by far is the best. im in zone 9b too in florida. anyways you got my googling the numbers on fertilizers hehe
Thank you Janey! This video came at the perfect time! I recently bought a California Gold Bougainvillea & apparently I've over watered her. Thanks so much for the tips!
This makes sense why my bougainvilleas have not done good at all! Too much water for sure. I'm going to try to move them to a spot where I don't have drip ran and see if they do better this year. Thanks for sharing!
AHHH great info we planted 7 last summer only 2 south facing and the other 5 north facing the north facing were a dismal failure!! I get it I live south of you in Gilroy my son lives in Sacramento I did have to prune mine its was growing across my back alley gate walkway great info thank you !!
Yay! ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you! Yes, bougainvillea are finicky and I’m learning that living up in rural San Diego. In the city, it grows fine, but in the country 9B zone, I have discovered the beautiful bougainvillea to be a bit challenging to grow. I just jumped for joy finding your most informative video! You’re awesome ❤❤❤ thanks again 😊👋🏼
Best video I'll seen so far on bougainvillea. Just purchased three of these beauties. I'm in zone 9 (Florida). Thanks for all the helpful information 🙂
Thanks for the super informative video + alerting us to the drama queen tendencies. In Sacramento here, just got back from the Home Depot where I purchased two of these divas on impulse. Hope I don’t kill these in South facing patio containers - wish me luck!
Hey Janie! I just transplanted a litle bougainvillea and I am fully prepared for transplant shock. The tag says to keep it moist the first year, then water once a week. Im wondering, how much water is actually necessary this first year? Im nervous im going to overwater it. I had an established one at my old house and we basically never watered it, and it thrived. So now that the tag says keep moist im a little freaked out and uncertain how much I should actually water it. Im in zone 9b, Phoenix, AZ. Love your channel, thanks for all your advice in your videos 🌺
Thank you for all the tips, I have used a very hi potassium fertiliser which works well or you can use banana 🍌 Peels just berry them around the base and you will get loads of flowers and lemon trees love bananas peels you will get more lemon. Thank you
I love them so much! My husband has forbid them from the property 😂 He had a landscaping company in Phoenix many years ago and developed a hate/hate relationship 😂
LOL that is too funny Nicole! I could definitely see that though! When a thorn pokes me, it hurts for like a week! Occupational hazard for your husband for sure!
I live in zone 8b and I keep 4 bougainvilleas in pots. The trick here is to remember that bougainvillea do not like temps below 40° so I pull mine under the patio, string with twinkle lights and cover with a sheet. They do drop most of their leaves but quickly rebound. I never fertilize them and water sparingly. Having them in pots allows me to move them into the sun Spring thru Fall yet pull them under the porch out of the winter frost. They are so glowingly beautiful I feel like it’s well worth the effort. Oh … and my favorite is Thai Delight. It starts out lime green, then fades to creamy white with a hint of pink … gorgeous!
You sound like you have the magic touch!! I saw Thai Delights at the garden center the other day and had to stop myself from grabbing it! So beautiful! Enjoy your blooms! 💗
Since I live in a cooler zone I was considering potting a bougainvillea and overwintering it inside in a south facing window. What kind of soil would you recommend that I use? I would guess maybe something loamy or sandy and quick-draining like succulents like? And is the root system more shallow and wide or deep?
Where I live on the border of Mexico we pronounce it : Boganvia . Because in Spanish a double ll like in the word Boganvillea we pronounce double ll’s as y’s. So for us it’s pronounced: Boganvia (:
Hi Jamie, Awesome detailed info! My very favorite plant as well. After many fails I bought a smaller size, potted it and placed it by our front door on the SOUTH side. :) So far so good! Plan is to add more as I prove my skills thanks to you! Long term goal: plant all along the south facing black rod iron fence behind our pool with success through the winter. (I’m not far from you, I’m same zone). The fertilizing is very confusing as you shared. As a new repotted plant should I stick with 10/10/10 once a month? How did the hibiscus & palm food work? 6/5/3… wondering. Thanks for the post, so appreciated!
In Australia we pronounce it Bo-gan-vill-e-ah. In our very harsh dry conditions we don't water and don't fertilise it, and grows like a weed. We have it growing along the fence between our house and our neighbour's. We get a decent show of flowers on the south side, but on the other side of the fence it is COVERED in flowers.
I'm not far from you in Folsom, CA and a couple years ago I rescued a bougainvillea from the clearance rack at Lowes. After watching this awesome video I now know why she gets mad at me every summer! I planted her right in my herbaceous border where I have drip irrigation running daily when it's hot. I'll be changing that ASAP! Thanks for another helpful video.
Hi Amanda! Way to go for finding a bougainvillea on the clearance rack! 🙌🏼 Yep! I would take away that drip for sure! Thanks for watching neighbor!!! 💗
It's nice to see your video today! What a lovely plant! I've not worked with it before myself, but it is sure tempting to do. I don't think it would be happy in our coastal redwoods though. The brachs being the colored part of the plant made me think of a Poinsettia plant. Those are the leaves of course, but they are so lovely and it too has its focus on something other than the flower. Very interesting video, as always. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you for all this handy info. I have two of these plants and just whacked them back because they were both out of control and attacking me with their devil thorns. Assuming they grow back I want to try and train them up their wall so they can't get me again. I have basically ignored them and they have thrived in San Jose in 9B. Could you do a video on training it to a trellis or wall?
Glad you mention the zone you garden in. I also live in zone 9b and early this year temps dropped to 25 for a couple nights, lost several tops of plants but most resprout and now in Sept have regrown to full size.
Hi! So glad I found you..Great info!! I live in Sacramento and just bought my plant at Green Acres yesterday. Getting ready to repot today! Your tutorial is so helpful! ❤🪴😃
Great video! Very clear explanations and examples, thank you. Nice to hear that your location isn’t far from me in Roseville so your examples are spot on! 😊
Thank you for your lovely video! I'm new to caring for my magenta bougainvillea, and it has 5 shoots growing above the fence line. How do i prune the shoots, get them flowering, and keep them neatly above the fence line but not shooting high above the fence line? Thank you for your advice. Much appreciated! 🥰 😊 🥰
Nice one. I'm in the UK, I'm further south than your mate Linda in the UK. Interesting what you've said about the water - makes total sense, I'm going to adopt your approach, maybe not as drastic as you as mine are in pots. I'm going to water them once a week now and see what happens. Loved this vid! One question - when they're growing well - how quickly will they grow over a month say?
Love the bougainvillea info!! Great job! I’m in NC zone 8a & now have a greenhouse. Wondering where you found the long table in yours???Thx so much for all the wonderful info you share.
I read on Wikipedia these plants medicinal uses. Have you been able to experiment with this? I have a plant and I'm wondering what would be the best way to turn it into a medicine. Wikipedia and WHO says it relieves tummy bugs and cold/flu symptoms. Would it be better to turn it into a tea? Would i need to grind it down? If I were to do this, would have to use just the flower, or could you use the coloured brackets too?
Really informative video on Bougainvillea! I guess we are lucky that ours is alive because I didn't know anything about growing one. We tend to do "tough love" gardening, so no watering or fertilizer for ours, and technically I guess it is facing the wrong direction (northwest). The funny thing is that when we first planted it, we of course did water it, but it just sat there for YEARS not doing anything. I finally got tired of waiting for it to grow and cover up our ugly old fence, and planted a climbing rose next to it. Well, as soon as the rose took over the fence, lo and behold, there was a flowering Bougainvillea peeking through! Now it is almost as big as the rose. BTW, for those new to this plant, watch out for those wicked thorns!
I have several in my garden that I love in zone 8b/9a. Usually mine are deciduous. Mild winters, like this one, the stems survive and re leaf in spring. Some years following a hard winter, I cut them to the ground in spring. South of me in New Orleans, zone 9b, they grow huge.
I had taken a screen shot of a beautiful vine plant with red flowers growing out of huge planter vases and kept it because it was the idea plant I would love to grow around the colomns of the main entrace of my house in Costa Rica and because I had stumbled on your video I now know the name of the plant I screen shot 2 years ago also now even more than just the name because of your informative video. So I thank you for this valuable info I cant wait to find and plant them someday.
drama queen haha! am anxious to see how your fertilizer experiment goes- I agree, you always have to test to see what works best for your plants and area!
I live in Central Florida. I planted five bougainvillea about three feet apart from each other(NE faced). After about two years, they did not grow anything and looked super sad. They are planted right by a fence, but behind them, there are giant palms with roots everywhere; I believe one factor that they are not doing well is because of the palms' roots. I removed them for a different place, where they will receive full sun and no other roots, but they receive water from the sprinkler system, let's see what happens. A couple months ago, I planted another bougainvillea in the same direction (NE), but without other roots, no water from sprinklers, and its growing so fast.
I have a red/dk fushia bougainvillea hedge at the rear of my property 🌺q⚘️🌺 My favorite flower.. We live in Port St Lucie West, My bougainvilleas seem to thrive on the humidity & full sun in Florida 🌞 I never water & haven't fertilized them in years.. Be careful of the big thorns, they're much longer than rose bushes & sharp I learned the hard way to wear leather gloves when trimming 😅 One word to the wise, make sure you planted them exactly where you want them in your landscaping theme because, once they do take hold, your bougainvilleas will be more difficult to move to another location in your yard 💯% Over the years, mine have become quite larger than I ever imagined and it's none of my business but I'm happy, I didn't have them planted near our sprinkler system, as they don't need the water & it could have created an issue with the roots/ layout of the sprinkler system ? I apologize if I'm overstepping 😥 It's just after many years of gardening & landscaping mistakes, this old lady does tend to over think things 🍀 Soo Good Luck & enjoy your beautiful bougainvilleas 🌞 🌺⚘️🌺
Loved your video and comments right up to your suggestion to try the 6:4:3 fertiliser and see how it goes. High N is not great for Boug’s, they need high flowering support from P and K, to produce the bracts. Hope you didn’t apply that test fert. Loved the rest.
I've struggled to find a YT person to trust overall with my Bougies. Thank you for the great overview, your honesty and common sense you have to share with us. Don't take your common sense for granted. It is a valuable insight. I've come to learn few people have it (and I'm in my sixties) even though I feel much younger. Keep moving forward, you are doing great. All the best.
Love this and thank you! I am 7b MS and have a Standard Barbara Karst for almost a yr. It loved life in the greenhouse all winter then lost a bunch of leaves early spring, but I left it alone and new growth is appearing. I moved it and all my other trees and annuals grown from seed yesterday. We have 39 in a week or more so I will keep an eye on her. Can you propagate easily? Love your purple queen and have never seen that. Also loved your parent garden tour. They have a fabulous spot now and so sad they lost their previous home in the fires. Neat you took a trip to VT, where we are from.
Hi Jo! Thanks so much for watching! I would love a Barbara Karst standard! I've watched a few videos on propagating bougainvillea and it looks pretty easy but seems to take a long time to root in and grow! So patience is key I guess! Thank you so much for your sweet comment about my parents! I appreciate that! Have a wonderful day! 💗
Good afternoon!! Quick question, I just bought a few in a 2.5 at pot and one I left in pot and another I transplanted to a wine barrel. Since they are still young plants do I not water as much as you mention? I’m in Concord, ca and this week it’s going to be in the 90s. Just thinking about their root system. I’ve been watering the ones I put in the ground last year and they probably got transplant shock but new growth is appearing now. What are your thoughts on the brand new ones I just brought home this week?
Hi Kelly! Yay for new plants! I would check on them and not water until they got completely dry before watering again! Just stick your finger in the soil to check. You probably will have to water a bit more often since they are new, but not too much! Hope that helps! Enjoy your blooms! 💕
Have you ever used egg shells or banana peels to fertilize? How about Epsom salt? This is my first try with Bougainvilla and I’m so excited to see what it will do!
Thank you for your helpful video! I've been wanting bougainvillea for a while and watched this video a while back. We finally just got a couple plants, so I found this vid again. I'm also in 9B in the Central Valley. Thank you again! How are your bougainvillea doing now?
Some of this sounds brutal - the nipping off of the ends, I'm trying to get mine to grow across a wall and that sounds counter intuitive. But at the moment, I'm just getting leaves, but some of them are that reddy brown colour.
I'm in Vacaville. My backyard is facing south, the sun tracks thru my yard all day. My bougies in the ground do wonderful, but my potted ones struggle. No bracts and minimal growth. I will try your Hibiscus fertilizer. They both get 7+ hours of direct sun. Please help.
I’m a new fan of bougainvillea . I bought a dwarf variety for my patio , transplanted into a nice pot for my northeast facing patio , and it’s blooming nicely for me. I live in zone 8b, and even on the north side it is extremely hot during summer . Our winters have been extremely cold , so I have to bring everything in .
my boyfriend and I call our bougainvilleas Bob Vila lol! 😂 I live in central Florida, I have a bougainvillea in my front yard and also in my backyard. They are both growing like weeds but they are not flowering. I don’t water them too much. I don’t know what to do. I have the one outback growing on the side of my house. It’s pretty, but I wish it would flower. The one in my front yard in growing like a weed, but has yet to flower after the first few months.
Please help. My bracts tips are turning brown and they look a bit transparent. Have you had this problem? She is in a plastic well draining pot. She is not root bound. She blooms profusely so watering is good. I only fertilize about every 2 months as recommended on my special Bougainvillea food.
I hope you can help, I can’t seem to find any information on my particular problem with my new Bougainvilleas. I purchased three plants in 5 gallon pots and kept them watered for about three weeks before putting in very large containers. Before repotting the brackets started turning a whitish color on the edges and became very crispy. . I am assumeing I must’ve over or under watered them before transplanting. Fortunately the leaves themselves don’t seem to be affected and I am getting a small amount of new growth on the brackets. Please advise. Thank you
Love bougainvila, so does my Dad. Every time Ive tried growing it, it dies. I drive around and see full colorfull ones on the side of a freeway exit! Neglected, no humane intervention. Goes against my garden grain, but hey gonna try again w/ NEGLECT.
Mine is on a south facing wall as well. During the summer months it is shaded because the sun moves north. I just planted mine. I know they should have 5 hours a day, but mine gets none right now, I imagine it won’t get sun again until late August. Will it be okay and still bloom?
My variety has big canes and is a beautiful red bracks. Most Bougainvillea has smaller stems or canes. What variety do I have. It grows over 8 or nine feet tall ...and blooms at the tips.
My bougainvillea has lost all its bracts idk what I am doing wrong. I water it once a week. Is that too much? I have it in a hanging pot and only water it when the soil is dry. I want my beautiful pink back 😩
Hi Judy! Yes that should help! Also if you keep it really dry for a few weeks, then deeply water it, it should flower after that! I heard that is what they do before putting them in the garden centers to make them flower! Good luck!
@dig,Plant,Water,Repeat Just last Monday we had a full day of rain. This morning I pinched over half of the plant to test. Hopefully it blooms! Thank you for your great advice.
I’m so glad I found your channel. We moved from the Midwest to not far from where you’re live and so I’m new to gardening in zone 9b. Thank you for your great advice 😁
When we lived in NJ we had one in a pot that bloomed all summer. Now we live in the Myrtle Beach area (8B) and we have one in the ground facing south, but it's all green with no flowers. It gets hot, full sun, no irrigation but no flowers. Any tips to force it to flower?
I have a 15 yr old Bougainvillea that lives in a pot. I live in Indiana so it is definitely an indoor plant in the winter. I babysit in the winter with a plant light. I think 15 years in a pot is pretty good and it’s gorgeous right now
That is amazing! How often do you repot? And what fertiger do you use?
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I'll live In Jacksonville Florida. It's April and my bougainvillea is growing Leaves. I trimmed my plant. When will it flower?
@@joyceschalldevlin4851 FERTILIZER!
I just bought bougainvillea plant and transplanted b4 searching for care videos. Of all the videos I watched, yours was the most informative and easy to understand. Thank you!
I have had a purple bougainvillea for 22 years. I live in Texas and it survives the cold weather year after year. I cover it when the temperature is under 33 degrees. And I have 3 in pots and I leave them in the garage. That’s my favorite plant.
Hi Jamie
By far the best video I have found. Had the same experience as you had with it losing all its foliage just days after I bought them and planted them in the yard. it was being hit by our lawn sprinkler . Dug them back up and put them in pots and now I can control the watering without depriving my other plants of Sprinkler watering. Also greatly appreciate the tips on the couple days of frost we get in Houston .
My grandmother had a MASSIVE bougainvillea when I was little. It was so huge that she hollowed out a walkway through the center of the plant. Two people could easily walk side by side through there with room to spare! It was incredible but I would never want to maintain it. 🤣
Oh my goodness!! That sounds so amazing!! I can't even imagine maintaining something like that! Ouch! 😆💕
hellow ilove bougainvilla
I grew up in Ventura County and I love this plant. Now I live by Lake Isabella in Califirnia and I just found one at our local Grocery Outlet. So excited. I will be taking care of it with the tips you shared here.
Thank you.
Oh my gosh...I was killing it.. I stopped your video when you showed both sides of your bougainvillea's. Mine looked like your left side. I took the mulch off the top of it...took it out of the shade. Fluffed up the dirt and put it in my back yard in full sun..It is 100 degrees here today,,Roseville, CA. I hope I saved it. As you said it will let me know. It only has 2 flowers left. Its very green.. keeping my fingers crossed. Yours was one of the best videos I have found. Thanks so much
The problem with mentioning USDA hardiness zone but not regional differences is it only covers for cold hardiness. What works for someone in USDA zone 10 in southern Arizona where they get 100°+ nearly every single day of summer will be a lot different than what works for someone in zone 10 in Hawaii where it rarely gets over 95°. The climate for dry zone 9b in NorCal will be a lot different than zone 9b in the rainiest state in the Union (Louisiana).
Omg THANK YOUUU! I finally found someone in my zone (East Bay, but still 9b) with great videos! Just bought a bougainvillea and I don’t want to ruin it, so this is super helpful!
Excellent video, I have found out why my plants aren't happy, Thanks. Best part, no crap music while you were talking.
thankyou!!! love listening! iv been browsing on some bougainvillea care tips and yours by far is the best. im in zone 9b too in florida. anyways you got my googling the numbers on fertilizers hehe
Thank you Janey! This video came at the perfect time! I recently bought a California Gold Bougainvillea & apparently I've over watered her. Thanks so much for the tips!
Hi Brooksy! Yay glad to help! I've done the same for many a bougainvillea so don't worry! 🤪
This makes sense why my bougainvilleas have not done good at all! Too much water for sure. I'm going to try to move them to a spot where I don't have drip ran and see if they do better this year. Thanks for sharing!
Good luck Bri! Thanks for watching! 💕
AHHH great info we planted 7 last summer only 2 south facing and the other 5 north facing the north facing were a dismal failure!! I get it I live south of you in Gilroy my son lives in Sacramento I did have to prune mine its was growing across my back alley gate walkway great info thank you !!
Yay! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
Yes, bougainvillea are finicky and I’m learning that living up in rural San Diego. In the city, it grows fine, but in the country 9B zone, I have discovered the beautiful bougainvillea to be a bit challenging to grow.
I just jumped for joy finding your most informative video! You’re awesome ❤❤❤ thanks again 😊👋🏼
And I pronounce it both ways, also. Older plant peeps pronounce it all the way out, the proper pronunciation, I believe.
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Best video I'll seen so far on bougainvillea. Just purchased three of these beauties. I'm in zone 9 (Florida). Thanks for all the helpful information 🙂
Yay thank you so much! Good luck with yours! 💗
When You live where lots of Spanish is spoken it ends in via not villa - - - 😁👍
Thanks for the super informative video + alerting us to the drama queen tendencies. In Sacramento here, just got back from the Home Depot where I purchased two of these divas on impulse. Hope I don’t kill these in South facing patio containers - wish me luck!
I so miss being able to frow bougainvillea. I loved the ones I grew in the valley!
Yes! It’s so pretty! Thanks for watching! 💗
Hi there Janey, you are looking good .I love what you are doing to your yard, looking forward to see what's next .
Hey Janie! I just transplanted a litle bougainvillea and I am fully prepared for transplant shock. The tag says to keep it moist the first year, then water once a week. Im wondering, how much water is actually necessary this first year? Im nervous im going to overwater it. I had an established one at my old house and we basically never watered it, and it thrived. So now that the tag says keep moist im a little freaked out and uncertain how much I should actually water it. Im in zone 9b, Phoenix, AZ. Love your channel, thanks for all your advice in your videos 🌺
Thank you for all the tips, I have used a very hi potassium fertiliser which works well or you can use banana 🍌 Peels just berry them around the base and you will get loads of flowers and lemon trees love bananas peels you will get more lemon. Thank you
I love them so much! My husband has forbid them from the property 😂 He had a landscaping company in Phoenix many years ago and developed a hate/hate relationship 😂
LOL that is too funny Nicole! I could definitely see that though! When a thorn pokes me, it hurts for like a week! Occupational hazard for your husband for sure!
Oh Nicole, same. My husband hates them too. That was the only plant he asked mot to have in our garden. 😄
@@MsLul123 🤣
Yep, my husband hates them too, so I took over the pruning. Some pokes are worth the gorgeous flowers!
@@bethbenson1931 agreed! 😂🫶
I live in zone 8b and I keep 4 bougainvilleas in pots. The trick here is to remember that bougainvillea do not like temps below 40° so I pull mine under the patio, string with twinkle lights and cover with a sheet. They do drop most of their leaves but quickly rebound. I never fertilize them and water sparingly. Having them in pots allows me to move them into the sun Spring thru Fall yet pull them under the porch out of the winter frost. They are so glowingly beautiful I feel like it’s well worth the effort. Oh … and my favorite is Thai Delight. It starts out lime green, then fades to creamy white with a hint of pink … gorgeous!
You sound like you have the magic touch!! I saw Thai Delights at the garden center the other day and had to stop myself from grabbing it! So beautiful! Enjoy your blooms! 💗
What do you do differently with your Bougainvilleas this summer when it’s 103° every day?
Anything different?
I am zone eight summer of 2022
Since I live in a cooler zone I was considering potting a bougainvillea and overwintering it inside in a south facing window. What kind of soil would you recommend that I use? I would guess maybe something loamy or sandy and quick-draining like succulents like? And is the root system more shallow and wide or deep?
I know their roots don’t like to be disturbed. When potting be careful not to cut into roots.
Where I live on the border of Mexico we pronounce it : Boganvia .
Because in Spanish a double ll like in the word Boganvillea we pronounce double ll’s as y’s. So for us it’s pronounced: Boganvia (:
And I Portugal where I live double ll's are just pronounced as L's so different from Spanish even though it's right next door.
@@stephaniehandler5346 Interesting 🤔🤔🤔 So it would be like: Bouganvillah ?
@@bluesakura2092 bouganville-ah
I think it’s absolutely stunning Janey 💕 Thank You for all this amazing information 🌸🦋🌸
Yay thank you so much Jasmine! You are so sweet to me 💗💗💗
Thanks for the information. I live in zone 9b I’m going to follow your advice. They been drying on me
Hope it helps!!
Hi Jamie, Awesome detailed info! My very favorite plant as well. After many fails I bought a smaller size, potted it and placed it by our front door on the SOUTH side. :) So far so good! Plan is to add more as I prove my skills thanks to you! Long term goal: plant all along the south facing black rod
iron fence behind our pool with success through the winter. (I’m not far from you, I’m same zone). The fertilizing is very confusing as you shared. As a new repotted plant should I stick with 10/10/10 once a month? How did the hibiscus & palm food work? 6/5/3… wondering. Thanks for the post, so appreciated!
In Australia we pronounce it Bo-gan-vill-e-ah. In our very harsh dry conditions we don't water and don't fertilise it, and grows like a weed. We have it growing along the fence between our house and our neighbour's. We get a decent show of flowers on the south side, but on the other side of the fence it is COVERED in flowers.
Hi Peta! That is too funny it’s like a weed for you! Such a pretty weed! 😆 Thanks for watching! 💕
@@DigPlantWaterRepeat you're an absolute delight to watch, so thank you for your positivity.
It's a vine not a bush or weed
I'm in Louisiana USA and we say it that way as well.
I'm not far from you in Folsom, CA and a couple years ago I rescued a bougainvillea from the clearance rack at Lowes. After watching this awesome video I now know why she gets mad at me every summer! I planted her right in my herbaceous border where I have drip irrigation running daily when it's hot. I'll be changing that ASAP! Thanks for another helpful video.
Hi Amanda! Way to go for finding a bougainvillea on the clearance rack! 🙌🏼 Yep! I would take away that drip for sure! Thanks for watching neighbor!!! 💗
@@DigPlantWaterRepeat I did the same thing. I stopped the drip. How long does it take to start seeing blooms again? It's been almost a month.
i like you ilove you bougainvillea,,
ELDO Hills here!
I call them boogies 😂 yours are gorgeous. Having trouble keeping them looking beautiful .
What a delightful video!
I have one that doesn’t like the hot sun. The leaves are a lighter color and the flowers are a light purple.
Try the Hibiscus fertilizer from Hidden Valley, ours loved it.
I went to UCDAVIS 😊. Thanks for the video.
A beautiful plant! We've seen it in the Caribbean too. Gorgeous! Fun video Janey!
Thanks for watching Rich! Say hi to the girls for me!
It's nice to see your video today! What a lovely plant! I've not worked with it before myself, but it is sure tempting to do. I don't think it would be happy in our coastal redwoods though. The brachs being the colored part of the plant made me think of a Poinsettia plant. Those are the leaves of course, but they are so lovely and it too has its focus on something other than the flower. Very interesting video, as always. Have a wonderful day!
Yes, I don't know if they would be too happy there! Thanks for watching and the sweet comment! Say hi to Neffy for me! 💕
Amazing video. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for all this handy info. I have two of these plants and just whacked them back because they were both out of control and attacking me with their devil thorns. Assuming they grow back I want to try and train them up their wall so they can't get me again. I have basically ignored them and they have thrived in San Jose in 9B. Could you do a video on training it to a trellis or wall?
Bouganvillea is very low maintenance in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Thank you so much! 💗
Thank you for the information Barbara Karst it's amazing
Glad you mention the zone you garden in. I also live in zone 9b and early this year temps dropped to 25 for a couple nights, lost several tops of plants but most resprout and now in Sept have regrown to full size.
Very beautiful video.
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Thank you so much for watching!
I am super glad to learn about this plant. My entire yard is on irrigation....I need to find a dry area...or maybe try a couple pots of it !!!
Hi Nikki! Yes it would do really well in pots! Thanks so much for watching, hope you have a great day!
Hi! So glad I found you..Great info!! I live in Sacramento and just bought my plant at Green Acres yesterday. Getting ready to repot today! Your tutorial is so helpful! ❤🪴😃
Welcome Lisha, I’m so happy you’re here 💗
Great video! Very clear explanations and examples, thank you. Nice to hear that your location isn’t far from me in Roseville so your examples are spot on! 😊
Thank you for your lovely video! I'm new to caring for my magenta bougainvillea, and it has 5 shoots growing above the fence line. How do i prune the shoots, get them flowering, and keep them neatly above the fence line but not shooting high above the fence line? Thank you for your advice. Much appreciated! 🥰 😊 🥰
Nice one. I'm in the UK, I'm further south than your mate Linda in the UK. Interesting what you've said about the water - makes total sense, I'm going to adopt your approach, maybe not as drastic as you as mine are in pots. I'm going to water them once a week now and see what happens. Loved this vid! One question - when they're growing well - how quickly will they grow over a month say?
Love the bougainvillea info!! Great job!
I’m in NC zone 8a & now have a greenhouse. Wondering where you found the long table in yours???Thx so much for all the wonderful info you share.
Hi Brenda! I actually made that table! I have a video on it! Thanks for watching and have a great day!
I read on Wikipedia these plants medicinal uses. Have you been able to experiment with this? I have a plant and I'm wondering what would be the best way to turn it into a medicine. Wikipedia and WHO says it relieves tummy bugs and cold/flu symptoms. Would it be better to turn it into a tea? Would i need to grind it down? If I were to do this, would have to use just the flower, or could you use the coloured brackets too?
Really informative video on Bougainvillea! I guess we are lucky that ours is alive because I didn't know anything about growing one. We tend to do "tough love" gardening, so no watering or fertilizer for ours, and technically I guess it is facing the wrong direction (northwest). The funny thing is that when we first planted it, we of course did water it, but it just sat there for YEARS not doing anything. I finally got tired of waiting for it to grow and cover up our ugly old fence, and planted a climbing rose next to it. Well, as soon as the rose took over the fence, lo and behold, there was a flowering Bougainvillea peeking through! Now it is almost as big as the rose. BTW, for those new to this plant, watch out for those wicked thorns!
Haha as soon as the bougainvillea had some competition for beauty it started giving a show! I'm telling you, drama queen! lol!
@@DigPlantWaterRepeat , Hahaha! that was exactly what I thought!
This was really helpful! Thank you so much.
I have several in my garden that I love in zone 8b/9a. Usually mine are deciduous. Mild winters, like this one, the stems survive and re leaf in spring. Some years following a hard winter, I cut them to the ground in spring. South of me in New Orleans, zone 9b, they grow huge.
Hi! That is a great tip to cut them down to the ground! Thanks for watching!
I pronounce it like you do because it is the correct way.
I had taken a screen shot of a beautiful vine plant with red flowers growing out of huge planter vases and kept it because it was the idea plant I would love to grow around the colomns of the main entrace of my house in Costa Rica and because I had stumbled on your video I now know the name of the plant I screen shot 2 years ago also now even more than just the name because of your informative video. So I thank you for this valuable info I cant wait to find and plant them someday.
Great video.
Thanks!
Sprinklers! That’s what’s over watering my plant. I totally overlooked that.
does it have a fragrance to it looks like one of the flowers that would
drama queen haha! am anxious to see how your fertilizer experiment goes- I agree, you always have to test to see what works best for your plants and area!
Yep, the biggest drama queen I know! 😆 I'll definitely keep you updated! I'm fertilizing with the hibiscus formula today! 🤞🏼 Thanks for watching!
I live in Central Florida. I planted five bougainvillea about three feet apart from each other(NE faced). After about two years, they did not grow anything and looked super sad. They are planted right by a fence, but behind them, there are giant palms with roots everywhere; I believe one factor that they are not doing well is because of the palms' roots. I removed them for a different place, where they will receive full sun and no other roots, but they receive water from the sprinkler system, let's see what happens. A couple months ago, I planted another bougainvillea in the same direction (NE), but without other roots, no water from sprinklers, and its growing so fast.
I have a red/dk fushia bougainvillea hedge at the rear of my property 🌺q⚘️🌺 My favorite flower.. We live in Port St Lucie West, My bougainvilleas seem to thrive on the humidity & full sun in Florida 🌞 I never water & haven't fertilized them in years.. Be careful of the big thorns, they're much longer than rose bushes & sharp I learned the hard way to wear leather gloves when trimming 😅 One word to the wise, make sure you planted them exactly where you want them in your landscaping theme because, once they do take hold, your bougainvilleas will be more difficult to move to another location in your yard 💯% Over the years, mine have become quite larger than I ever imagined and it's none of my business but I'm happy, I didn't have them planted near our sprinkler system, as they don't need the water & it could have created an issue with the roots/ layout of the sprinkler system ? I apologize if I'm overstepping 😥 It's just after many years of gardening & landscaping mistakes, this old lady does tend to over think things 🍀 Soo Good Luck & enjoy your beautiful bougainvilleas 🌞 🌺⚘️🌺
I didn’t know Kate Hudson had a TH-cam channel like this! 😉
Loved your video and comments right up to your suggestion to try the 6:4:3 fertiliser and see how it goes. High N is not great for Boug’s, they need high flowering support from P and K, to produce the bracts. Hope you didn’t apply that test fert. Loved the rest.
Wish i could show you the blooms on my ‘Purple Queen’ plant.
Does it lose its leaves in zone 9B during the winter? I would love it if it could keep its leaves!🎉
Thank you, you are a genius. I pinched the tips of all branches and in 15 days the robust growth of flowers all along the branch is stunning. thanks.
Thank you 🌸❤️
I've struggled to find a YT person to trust overall with my Bougies. Thank you for the great overview, your honesty and common sense you have to share with us. Don't take your common sense for granted. It is a valuable insight. I've come to learn few people have it (and I'm in my sixties) even though I feel much younger. Keep moving forward, you are doing great. All the best.
Thanks 🙏 from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
I grow mine 7 floors up facing north, beautiful plant
In Singapore, bougainvilleas are street bushes that grow large and bushy. They are very hardy here because we have rain and heat all year round.
The carribean is much more humid. Humidity is water.
Love this and thank you! I am 7b MS and have a Standard Barbara Karst for almost a yr. It loved life in the greenhouse all winter then lost a bunch of leaves early spring, but I left it alone and new growth is appearing. I moved it and all my other trees and annuals grown from seed yesterday. We have 39 in a week or more so I will keep an eye on her. Can you propagate easily? Love your purple queen and have never seen that. Also loved your parent garden tour. They have a fabulous spot now and so sad they lost their previous home in the fires. Neat you took a trip to VT, where we are from.
Hi Jo! Thanks so much for watching! I would love a Barbara Karst standard! I've watched a few videos on propagating bougainvillea and it looks pretty easy but seems to take a long time to root in and grow! So patience is key I guess! Thank you so much for your sweet comment about my parents! I appreciate that! Have a wonderful day! 💗
You said it right - we call it the same way you do in the Philippines. Our ancestral house use to have a huge arch of that flower above our main gate.
Good afternoon!! Quick question, I just bought a few in a 2.5 at pot and one I left in pot and another I transplanted to a wine barrel. Since they are still young plants do I not water as much as you mention? I’m in Concord, ca and this week it’s going to be in the 90s. Just thinking about their root system. I’ve been watering the ones I put in the ground last year and they probably got transplant shock but new growth is appearing now. What are your thoughts on the brand new ones I just brought home this week?
Hi Kelly! Yay for new plants! I would check on them and not water until they got completely dry before watering again! Just stick your finger in the soil to check. You probably will have to water a bit more often since they are new, but not too much! Hope that helps! Enjoy your blooms! 💕
Have you ever used egg shells or banana peels to fertilize? How about Epsom salt? This is my first try with Bougainvilla and I’m so excited to see what it will do!
I use the same stuff plus coffee grinds.
@@minaskyes9611coffee grinds work wonders.
Thank you for your helpful video! I've been wanting bougainvillea for a while and watched this video a while back. We finally just got a couple plants, so I found this vid again. I'm also in 9B in the Central Valley. Thank you again! How are your bougainvillea doing now?
Love bougainvillea. I had 2 when I lived in FL. And they are easy to over water. Love your video. I subscribed. 👍
Some of this sounds brutal - the nipping off of the ends, I'm trying to get mine to grow across a wall and that sounds counter intuitive. But at the moment, I'm just getting leaves, but some of them are that reddy brown colour.
Do you know there are is a fertilizer for Bougainville?
I'm in Vacaville. My backyard is facing south, the sun tracks thru my yard all day. My bougies in the ground do wonderful, but my potted ones struggle. No bracts and minimal growth. I will try your Hibiscus fertilizer. They both get 7+ hours of direct sun. Please help.
Thank you!!..we are also in 9B oakdale Ca.....any thoughts on soil when planting into pots?...the pots i bought are a little small I think
I’m a new fan of bougainvillea . I bought a dwarf variety for my patio , transplanted into a nice pot for my northeast facing patio , and it’s blooming nicely for me. I live in zone 8b, and even on the north side it is extremely hot during summer . Our winters have been extremely cold , so I have to bring everything in .
my boyfriend and I call our bougainvilleas Bob Vila lol! 😂 I live in central Florida, I have a bougainvillea in my front yard and also in my backyard. They are both growing like weeds but they are not flowering. I don’t water them too much. I don’t know what to do. I have the one outback growing on the side of my house. It’s pretty, but I wish it would flower. The one in my front yard in growing like a weed, but has yet to flower after the first few months.
Please help. My bracts tips are turning brown and they look a bit transparent. Have you had this problem? She is in a plastic well draining pot. She is not root bound. She blooms profusely so watering is good. I only fertilize about every 2 months as recommended on my special Bougainvillea food.
I hope you can help, I can’t seem to find any information on my particular problem with my new Bougainvilleas. I purchased three plants in 5 gallon pots and kept them watered for about three weeks before putting in very large containers. Before repotting the brackets started turning a whitish color on the edges and became very crispy. . I am assumeing I must’ve over or under watered them before transplanting. Fortunately the leaves themselves don’t seem to be affected and I am getting a small amount of new growth on the brackets. Please advise. Thank you
Love bougainvila, so does my Dad. Every time Ive tried growing it, it dies. I drive around and see full colorfull ones on the side of a freeway exit! Neglected, no humane intervention. Goes against my garden grain, but hey gonna try again w/ NEGLECT.
Haha, I feel you! It's so hard to just leave it alone! Good luck!
Mine is on a south facing wall as well. During the summer months it is shaded because the sun moves north. I just planted mine. I know they should have 5 hours a day, but mine gets none right now, I imagine it won’t get sun again until late August. Will it be okay and still bloom?
How did you make your purple plant long stemmed like that. Do you recommend to trim it all from the bottom to grow like that ?
Here in Florida we pronounce it just like you.
Haha yay! 💕
Just give it a 6-8-10 bougainvillea fertilizer. Low nitrogen definitely better than a balanced fertilizer
My variety has big canes and is a beautiful red bracks. Most Bougainvillea has smaller stems or canes. What variety do I have. It grows over 8 or nine feet tall ...and blooms at the tips.
My bougainvillea has lost all its bracts idk what I am doing wrong. I water it once a week. Is that too much? I have it in a hanging pot and only water it when the soil is dry. I want my beautiful pink back 😩
Did the fertilizer work out for you?
I pruned one last year and hasn't flowered. Some tips have flowered. Going to try pinching the tips.
Hi Judy! Yes that should help! Also if you keep it really dry for a few weeks, then deeply water it, it should flower after that! I heard that is what they do before putting them in the garden centers to make them flower! Good luck!
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Just last Monday we had a full day of rain. This morning I pinched over half of the plant to test. Hopefully it blooms! Thank you for your great advice.
I’m so glad I found your channel. We moved from the Midwest to not far from where you’re live and so I’m new to gardening in zone 9b. Thank you for your great advice 😁
When we lived in NJ we had one in a pot that bloomed all summer. Now we live in the Myrtle Beach area (8B) and we have one in the ground facing south, but it's all green with no flowers. It gets hot, full sun, no irrigation but no flowers. Any tips to force it to flower?
Im planting my bougainvillea in ground and it grow really well like a small tree and flowers all year round.we r tropics
You lucky girl!! I'm sure it is absolutely gorgeous! 💗💗💗
I call them my boogies.
THEY ARE DRIVING ME NUTS.
I was just telling my daughter about your bougainvillea this weekend!
I just picked up a VARIEGATED WHITE bougainvillea!!!! It’s a unicorn plant! 😂
Ooh thanks Monique!! And WHAT!? How amazing!!! 💕💕💕