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.
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 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
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!
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.
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 😁
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).
Hi Janie, I have to agree with you on growing bougainvillea. I've had several and have lost them all. We want to try again and your video was a real eye opener. Going to follow your advice and hopefully we will be successful!! Thank you!
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.
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.
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 .
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!!! 💗
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! 😊
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! 💗
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!
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
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!
Good morning. What a beautiful bougainvillea on your south wall. Looking forward to seeing the purple one once she fixes yourself out. What an amazing gardener you are turning out to be. Enjoy the rest of your 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! ❤🪴😃
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 !!
I love the bougainvillea wall! I had two in pots since I’m zone 7b, I brought them inside to overwinter but I messed up over watered them. Now I know and I will back off the watering. Great info!
Excellent points, Janey. Gardens need wizards, not robots, lol. It looks fabulous, and I hope your guys had a great weekend!! Cheers Jason and Colleen 🌱🌱🌱
Nice full of flowers due to your hardwaork and special attention to bougainvillea , now your are getting benefits from bougainvillea , all the best be happy👍💕
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
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 (:
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 🙂
Great video! Just got my first Bougainvillea today and I live in zone 9A and its going to be covered when it starts to get cold to help protect it and make sure it doesn't die because of the cold and can get into the 20'sF here and into the teens every once in a blue moon.
I like your videos. I'm in 9a Orlando area. I have always cared for them like papaya, and they do pretty well. I like growing then into a tree, and then you never need to worry about the cold here.
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 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.
Thank you for sharing! I am in zone 5a. I have my mothers 4ft tall potted bougainvillea. It really needs repotting and I am lost as to what it will need. It is crazy tough as 6 years back, I lived off the heat from my wood stove. I made sure the rootsystem never went below 65-70°F by wrapping it in a heat coil under a mylar blanket. But it did not like that treatment. Situations changed and I now have had it in my brightest West facing window in winters and on an open patio in the summers. Bougie is doing so much better! But I would still like to repot him. His present pot is falling apart and it would be better to have a shorter wider pot for stability. I prune him down by about 2/3 -1/2 of his volume in March and since he is indoors and my home is not large, I weekly snip back thorns and new growth in unwanted directions. He seems to appreciate fall fertilizing and in winter he gives me lovely holiday color. Especially if he gets a couple hours of plantlight to suppliment the lack of sunlight. I will do a big fertilizing before that March pruning. When would you suggest I attempt that repotting? Also, I have heard of cutting everything back to 3 branches of about 1 foot long over a trunk of 3 ft with a diameter on thr trunk of about 2 inches. If it could survive this, I would love to restructure him a bit. What would you suggest? Im brainstorming how to keep him happy and not have him take over my home. He is a little leggy from not having the sun you have. Thanks for any advice you might have! Sure appreciated your videos!
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!
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!
I really love the Bougainvillea. I did not know to say the name of Bougainvillea Thank you for the pronunciation. I planted acouple and I want them to claim on the my entrance Arch. Northern Cal just had a bad winter with lots of rain and cold. I hope they come back this springtime of 2023. Most importantly I want to thank you for the tips. ❤❤❤
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 😊👋🏼
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!
Awesome Video! my recently transplanted Bogan was looking a bit peaked, scored the football too much I think and over watered... Will let it day out and "chill out" for a bit.. Hopefully will come back to the "Happiness Zone" Soon.. I'm in Hardiness Zone 9A & 9B, Livermore Ca.. : ) Thank you for the info!!!! ; )
Great Video !!!!. You are also beautiful like Bougainvillea. i am also a Gardener & recently bought from a nursery same red color Bougainvillea. Definitely, this plant makes the garden so colorful.
Oh hey I’m not too far from you. I’m between Fresno and Modesto. Anyways I just purchased my first plants ever and these were gorgeous so i purchased them and thought about putting them back because I don’t want to unalive them! So currently educating myself.
Your Bougainvillea are gorgeous! We don't have any in our garden, but maybe it's time to fix that! Great video on the care of these beautiful plants, too! 👍
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!
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.
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! 💗
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!
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 live in zone 9A and I guess it depends on the micro climate and the soil of where you live. There are bougainvilleas in my neighbourhood that survive without any care at all, literally there's a few that are blooming and thriving on abandoned lots 😂and mine are in pots and died becuase they dried out. That's my most valued tip: the watering regime is very different for the bougies in pots! In summer I have to water every 2/3 days. Once I plant them into the ground of that neighbourhood i will not have to water at all. I also changed the fertilizer to one more specific for bougies (they said and just heard you say in the video that you can use the same as hibiscus which was not the case for the fertizer in my country). Lovely bougies you have and thanks for saying out loud that they are difficult, I have lost five little ones ! :(
Yes. I make it into a privacy hedge so I want to fertilize them to encourage vine growth. Flowering slows the process. Discourage blooming if you want it as a barrier hedge.
This is so fascinating! I’ve never heard of these before watching your videos and I always love learning about new plants! Even though I’ll never be able to grow them here in Minnesota 😂
@@kaleepreston3020 oh that is cool I never thought of doing that! And they do well in a pot? It sounds like they are so finicky. And I’m sure some major pruning is involved to keep them a more manageable size? I don’t even know where I would find one since I’m in zone 3.
I live in Zone 9B - Morro Bay. My bougainvillea looks lifeless - just has branches ... no leaves or blossoms. We have not had any frost in many years, but I probably watered it too much. I will prune it back and give it some fertilizer and see what happens. Thanks for the info !!
Hi, New subscriber in zone 9B. Great video! You're so right about transplant shock. Relocated one of mine, thought I got all the roots, and it quickly died. I also have topiary bougainvillea in pots with very light soil surrounded by impatiens. I water it daily because of the impatiens and seems to be thriving. I assume the soil makes all the difference. I was going to use the miracle grow soil with the water retention elements but now I'm glad I didn't. Looking forward to more videos. THANKS! (from Kissimmee).
😥 I wish I found your video 2 days ago. I just bought 2 fairly established plants with the idea of making a very hearty full bush in a bigger pot. I trimmed both the bottom of the root ball as well as opposite sides to mesh them together and look fuller, 😳. Well at least I know what to expect them to do know. BTW I am in zone 8B with the thought I could possibly overwinter in a small greenhouse with my plumeria and desert roses. 🤞