I'm Dale Andrews from Lake Charles, LA, a southern, almost coastal city about 40-50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. It does freeze here, but typically only lightly (28-32 degrees) in middle of the night, but it warms to the 40's the next day. Subtropical in the truest sense. You can almost say it never snows as well (about once in TWENTY YEARS). It snowed enough to collect a couple of years ago and everyone went crazy building snowmen only to have them melt during the day, since they started early in the morning. This gives you an idea of our weather. I've seen "Birds" of both varieties in Lake Charles. Of course, the more protected they are, the greatly the likelihood they will not get "burned" or, or suffer a fatality. The city doesn't own snowplows, so everyone gets a day off when it snows! That gives you an idea of our weather. I like your channel because I recognize many of your plants (like the Queen palm, or Cocos plumosa grows outside. Wastingtonias are found all around town, some of them quite old. Bananas and elephant ears are aplenty. My comment went too long and there was something I was say but forgot! You have a great channel here and keep those videos coming! 🙂
You sure do know a lot about a lot of different plants, enjoy watching your videos cause I never know what I'm going to learn, plus you are so darn funny, very enjoyable to watch
Excellent advice. I started following the information you gave about 2 months ago and my bouganvillea started blooming today. I have tried many things the last 4 years i had this plant and only had limited success. Now though it is loaded with blooms. Thanks for the help!!
AllThingsOutside I'm so glad to hear it worked and your plant is blooming for you! Good job! ... also this was amongst my first RUclips videos, sorry it was so boring! Lol!
I live in Southern California. Zone 10a. Its pretty big like a small tree. It grows by itself and of blooms like crazy in the summer. The only maintenance is cut it back a bit in February or March
So...you never did get around to that update, huh? I inherited a bougie and it nearly died on me last winter. I kind of forgot about it and I lost all but two leaves and a bract. I repoted with fertilizer (don't remember when) and now I have tons of leaves with no flowers. Only water once a week. I'm in So Cal. Will this thing ever bloom??
Hi!!!!love this video, i put my 3 bougainvilleas inside in september, it lost all its leaves as usual every autumn . I usually do not water them during winter but this time i did give them a tiny amount of water and one of them is beginning to bloom again.They are downstairs in front of very small south window and i keep the temp. A 63 degrees f. Guess they must love it!!! I live in northwest Quebec in Canada.
I'm one of those that has my Bogie in a pot here in the NYC area, and have that same frustrating problem getting to bloom, under 6 hours of sun daily. I heard about the stress test, but my pot wilts if i withhold about 4 days. If i stress it like you said 2 months, wouldn't that make all the leaves drop and eventually die? Its in a 5" -6" pot. Late last summer, as we entered Fall, i brought them into my south exposure window and then it started to bloom and the vine started to grow. So, maybe its like the xmas cactus that bloom on short days here in the north. BTW, i have not pinched, pruned and just scantly fertilized with 20-20-20.
Yes, 2 months of drought in a 5 to 6 inch pot will likely kill it! It is tricky and hard to water regularly but infrequently, total contractions! lol. Basically i would reduce the frequency and quantity of water for sometime, probably a month or two would do the trick, then drastically increase both and apply a bloom fertilizer within the first week. The goal is to mimic the natural seasonal change they experience in their natural habitat, rather than to stress them out. They bloom best in north america when night and day light lengths are about equal (spring and fall)... there is a wonderful site that explains this wonderfully, but if i put the link here, then the message will go to your spam folder... so i will send it in another comment and you'll know to check the spam folder for it. I actually will probably being doing a part 2 to the video reiterating the info from that site as well as some others. Also, please excuse the sloppiness of this response, i am using my phone which is new and I'm still learning the new keyboard layout.
www.bgi-usa.com/bougainvillea-101/ Growth Cycles The bougainvillea has two distinct growth cycles:A vegetative growth period for several weeks - when new leaves and stems grow. If the plant receives enough sunlight, the plant will form buds during this time. If there is not enough sunlight, the plant will remain in vegetative cycle and not progress to the blooming period. This is usually the case if bougainvillea are grown as houseplants or brought indoors to winter-over.A blooming period of several weeks when little or no vegetative growth occurs. The length of time they will display color is dependent upon the health of the plant and the environment they are in; the more sun and heat, the better. With at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day, a typical, healthy bougainvillea will remain in a blooming period for 3 to 5 weeks.Flowering Season Bougainvilleas’ natural habitat is equatorial where day and night lengths are almost equal. Bougainvillea in these areas (Singapore, Brazil, Kenya to name a few) tend to bloom year round, but in North America, the best flowering occurs when the night length and day length are almost equal (in Spring or Fall). If you live in the northern states, it’s too cold to grow bougainvillea in the Fall unless they’re housed in warm greenhouses - in which case you can enjoy colorful, blooming bougainvillea in October if you wanted! So depending on which continent or region you reside, it may not be the ideal blooming season for your area. Just because it’s hot doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s flowering season for bougainvillea. Case in point, bougainvillea do not bloom well in South Florida during the summer months (June - August) because of the long days and excessive rainfall. For those of us lucky enough to call South Florida home, you already know that the coolest months of the year (October through March) have the most spectacular show of bougainvillea.
My is growing in a large pot. The roots have broken through two other terracotta pots. I thought about trimming it back to force it to bloom. My neighbor has an enormous one growing in her backyard (planted in the ground). It hangs over the fence and all the blooms are on my side. She does not water it. Basically it has been abandoned and doing better than my. I might have to give my the cold shoulder treatment. Looking forward to your update.
lol, yes!.. the cold shoulder treatment should work! lots of light and drought followed by heavy watering usually will do the trick for them. ps, just watched your garden tour and I love your plants! so pretty! especially the bird of paradise, they are one of my favorite tropicals, a classic. 🌴🌺😊
😍amo tu planta bendiciones desde Paraguay
I'm Dale Andrews from Lake Charles, LA, a southern, almost coastal city about 40-50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. It does freeze here, but typically only lightly (28-32 degrees) in middle of the night, but it warms to the 40's the next day. Subtropical in the truest sense. You can almost say it never snows as well (about once in TWENTY YEARS). It snowed enough to collect a couple of years ago and everyone went crazy building snowmen only to have them melt during the day, since they started early in the morning. This gives you an idea of our weather. I've seen "Birds" of both varieties in Lake Charles. Of course, the more protected they are, the greatly the likelihood they will not get "burned" or, or suffer a fatality. The city doesn't own snowplows, so everyone gets a day off when it snows! That gives you an idea of our weather. I like your channel because I recognize many of your plants (like the Queen palm, or Cocos plumosa grows outside. Wastingtonias are found all around town, some of them quite old. Bananas and elephant ears are aplenty. My comment went too long and there was something I was say but forgot! You have a great channel here and keep those videos coming! 🙂
You sure do know a lot about a lot of different plants, enjoy watching your videos cause I never know what I'm going to learn, plus you are so darn funny, very enjoyable to watch
Denise H That is so incredibly kind of you! Thank you so much! How are things going in your garden , Denise?
everything is doing wonderful for now, not looking forward to bring my orchids and palm trees in next month, but my tree's are not as large as yours
Thanks for great info!🌺
Excellent advice. I started following the information you gave about 2 months ago and my bouganvillea started blooming today. I have tried many things the last 4 years i had this plant and only had limited success. Now though it is loaded with blooms. Thanks for the help!!
AllThingsOutside I'm so glad to hear it worked and your plant is blooming for you! Good job! ... also this was amongst my first RUclips videos, sorry it was so boring! Lol!
I live in Southern California. Zone 10a. Its pretty big like a small tree. It grows by itself and of blooms like crazy in the summer. The only maintenance is cut it back a bit in February or March
they grow so well in SoCal!
So...you never did get around to that update, huh? I inherited a bougie and it nearly died on me last winter. I kind of forgot about it and I lost all but two leaves and a bract. I repoted with fertilizer (don't remember when) and now I have tons of leaves with no flowers. Only water once a week. I'm in So Cal. Will this thing ever bloom??
Hi!!!!love this video, i put my 3 bougainvilleas inside in september, it lost all its leaves as usual every autumn . I usually do not water them during winter but this time i did give them a tiny amount of water and one of them is beginning to bloom again.They are downstairs in front of very small south window and i keep the temp. A 63 degrees f. Guess they must love it!!! I live in northwest Quebec in Canada.
That’s a beautiful flower pot
You can also pluck the older leaves...water deeply every 4th day..they will “bloom”
I live in tropical country, and my bougenvilla gets 6-7hrs of sun during dry season
I'm one of those that has my Bogie in a pot here in the NYC area, and have that same frustrating problem getting to bloom, under 6 hours of sun daily. I heard about the stress test, but my pot wilts if i withhold about 4 days. If i stress it like you said 2 months, wouldn't that make all the leaves drop and eventually die? Its in a 5" -6" pot. Late last summer, as we entered Fall, i brought them into my south exposure window and then it started to bloom and the vine started to grow. So, maybe its like the xmas cactus that bloom on short days here in the north. BTW, i have not pinched, pruned and just scantly fertilized with 20-20-20.
Yes, 2 months of drought in a 5 to 6 inch pot will likely kill it! It is tricky and hard to water regularly but infrequently, total contractions! lol. Basically i would reduce the frequency and quantity of water for sometime, probably a month or two would do the trick, then drastically increase both and apply a bloom fertilizer within the first week. The goal is to mimic the natural seasonal change they experience in their natural habitat, rather than to stress them out. They bloom best in north america when night and day light lengths are about equal (spring and fall)... there is a wonderful site that explains this wonderfully, but if i put the link here, then the message will go to your spam folder... so i will send it in another comment and you'll know to check the spam folder for it. I actually will probably being doing a part 2 to the video reiterating the info from that site as well as some others. Also, please excuse the sloppiness of this response, i am using my phone which is new and I'm still learning the new keyboard layout.
www.bgi-usa.com/bougainvillea-101/
Growth Cycles
The bougainvillea has two distinct growth cycles:A vegetative growth period for several weeks - when new leaves and stems grow. If the plant receives enough sunlight, the plant will form buds during this time. If there is not enough sunlight, the plant will remain in vegetative cycle and not progress to the blooming period. This is usually the case if bougainvillea are grown as houseplants or brought indoors to winter-over.A blooming period of several weeks when little or no vegetative growth occurs. The length of time they will display color is dependent upon the health of the plant and the environment they are in; the more sun and heat, the better. With at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day, a typical, healthy bougainvillea will remain in a blooming period for 3 to 5 weeks.Flowering Season
Bougainvilleas’ natural habitat is equatorial where day and night lengths are almost equal. Bougainvillea in these areas (Singapore, Brazil, Kenya to name a few) tend to bloom year round, but in North America, the best flowering occurs when the night length and day length are almost equal (in Spring or Fall). If you live in the northern states, it’s too cold to grow bougainvillea in the Fall unless they’re housed in warm greenhouses - in which case you can enjoy colorful, blooming bougainvillea in October if you wanted! So depending on which continent or region you reside, it may not be the ideal blooming season for your area. Just because it’s hot doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s flowering season for bougainvillea. Case in point, bougainvillea do not bloom well in South Florida during the summer months (June - August) because of the long days and excessive rainfall. For those of us lucky enough to call South Florida home, you already know that the coolest months of the year (October through March) have the most spectacular show of bougainvillea.
My is growing in a large pot. The roots have broken through two other terracotta pots. I thought about trimming it back to force it to bloom. My neighbor has an enormous one growing in her backyard (planted in the ground). It hangs over the fence and all the blooms are on my side. She does not water it. Basically it has been abandoned and doing better than my. I might have to give my the cold shoulder treatment. Looking forward to your update.
lol, yes!.. the cold shoulder treatment should work! lots of light and drought followed by heavy watering usually will do the trick for them. ps, just watched your garden tour and I love your plants! so pretty! especially the bird of paradise, they are one of my favorite tropicals, a classic. 🌴🌺😊
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the bougain at my home is just giving green leaves and no colorful flowers... Plz help with tips to make it flower
what's that you are telling?
In Florida we just leave them and they go crazy