AusBonsai

Bougainvillea
Height 600mm
Propagated from a cutting
Cost = $0.00

Have repotted, change the planting angle and applied a little wire. Will take one of the 2 bar branches off later. Just have to feed, feed and feed it

Not much to report, just feeding and watering

Finally some progress ! It has grown on a bit and is starting to look like something now

Hi Tony,

Are the pegs to help give the branches some downwards bend? Guessing they're a better alternative than wire for something so thin.

Thanks and happy new year,

Andrew

Yes they are useful to bring branches down that are in the right position radially. Wiring is problematic with bougys - especially with new growth. I picked that tip up here on the forum a while ago.

Tony

can bougys grow from cuttings

Quailbonsai wrote:can bougys grow from cuttings

Tony said this plant is a cutting - perhaps he can give you some tips

A search of the site returned a couple of results - though they're more about bougys in general than a specific thread on growing from cuttings.

viewtopic.php?f=133&t=4588&p=51930&hili ... ngs#p51930
viewtopic.php?f=133&t=3288&p=35500&hili ... ngs#p35463

Hell yes it's the only way get them. I have done cuttings up to 75mm in diameter. I doin't have a 100% success rate - probably about 75%. If I find a vine (they aren't a tree) that has a different colour bract that I don't have I take multiple cuttings to ensure survival. I now look for interestingly shaped branches to make interesting trunks. Just cut the end on an angle, use a bit of rooting hormone and plant into some free draining mix. I only give them a little water until they are established

Tony

Very disappointed with this - not growing as well as I would like. I do find bougy's in pots are as slow as compared to ground growing

Quailbonsai wrote:can bougys grow from cuttings

Yes they can grow from cuttings. They can also grow from large wood cuttings

These are the large wood cuttings that I made (this might help)
http://bongbonsai.blogspot.com/2012/02/ ... ssion.html
http://bongbonsai.blogspot.com/2012/02/ ... tings.html

Bit disappointed with this one's growth. Like most of my bougy's it is flowering which is a bit odd at this time of year. I am going to cut back the branches as they are a bit heavy on the ends and hope it puts on a bit of new growth.

I must have been using a non standard ruler Suddenly realised it was too high so I have chopped it

Still trying to get some growth - a lot of my bougy's seem to have slowed down this year over winter

Again I was not happy with the result at the end of last years comp so I didn't enter a final photo.

Current height 290mm