Bougainvillea Literati Bonsai
Best suited to full or semi cascade or literati.
Bougainvillea literati bonsai. However the style is deeply rooted in chinese culture and tradition. Bougainvillea roots quite easily my next video on that topic will be. The names are used interchangeably. How to make a bougainvillea bonsai 2017.
Bonsai bougainvillea care is just as important as correct planting. Bougainvillea is malleable creeper that grows on warm sunlit places in the loose and permeable soil. The bougainvillea is an evergreen shrub little tree or thorny vine with little trumpet shaped flowers which grow in clusters of three and come with three pretty bright papery bracts most often magenta or purple colored. Bougainvillea a climber with oval light green leaves and coloured flower like bracks a modified leaf that supplements or takes the place of a leaf.
Bougainvillea bonsai do not like to have wet feet. Most of the time you are now left holding a ugly stump with a seemingly hopeless chance of survival. Care instructions and tips for bonsai bougainvillea are given including re potting pot size and fertilizer. Elevating the bonsai pot with pebbles will provide humidity and will ensure that you do not water log your bougainvillea bonsai.
Your bougainvillea bonsai plants require direct sunlight all day long in order to thrive. Bougainvillea bonsai require a well draining fertile soil. It is also known as the literati style. Bare root the tree if its not already and cut back roots with the goal to remove anything large that may hinder you getting it into a shallow bonsai pot.
Requires ongoing enough but not excess moisture they do not benefit the long term drought. Overwatering will cause rot fungal problems insect susceptibility and death so it is very important to water sparsely and ensure good soil drainage. Irrigation is a part of continuing bonsai bougainvillea care. Break up any large.
The bougainvillea bonsai gives immense pleasure and inspiration due to its artistic colorful displays. This is the process however and the bougainvillea can handle this treatment. Always keep the plants in a location where the temperature is above 40 degrees f. In his homeland no dormancy and grows and blooms throughout the year.
There are also varieties with red pink orange yellow white or double bracts. In this video i have shown that how to make a bougainvillea bonsai tree from cuttings.