Pruning Bougainvillea
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Flowering has almost finished. I will take some time today to prune the plant before the growth really starts. I would like to keep this plant very formal.
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My bougainvillea was so weak, I thought first I am losing the plant. I prune it hard, and now... the plant is 3x bigger than before. Is in full sun all day, and I can see the plant is absolutely thankful for the cut. I will do it at least once a year. Definitely recommendation.
That's wonderful!!!
Thanks for this lovely video! I like how you showed a close up of where you pruned the branches so we can all learn from you. Your bougainvillea is stunningly beautiful! I hope mine turns out as good as yours! 😊🙏
Thanks for this video! Do you have a picture of how this bougainvillea looks like now since this video is 10 years old. I would also like to grow my bougainvillea in a mushroom kind of shape, if it is possible. Thanks.
Thank you so much for demonstrating how to prune it back. I like it compact as well.
Im definitely a lover of hard pruning lol im almost chop happy😂 so this is one of the biggest reasons i love Bougainvillea because they love to be trimmed ❤
Wow I realize this is 7 years ago but this helped me so much! My bougainvillea is so spindly and looks so sad it was taken over by spider mites and maybe something else I don't know but now I am going to prune it back. It almost made me cry to see you cut those gorgeous flowers off!
Have fun with pruning... If you're uncomfortable don't go too crazy... do what makes you comfortable... even if its just one branch... then watch what happens... then trim some more... the confidence will come :)
Have moved into a new apartment with two established but untrained bougainvillea vine-type plants. Am using your vid to fimiliarize myself with what others have done. We had a freeze which hit the plants hard and quickly. Am going to wait until there will be no more overnight freezes, yet before spring growth to trim these up. Will share a flickr link as soon as the plants are trimmed and I have decided how to train them. Am in Las Vegas, so maybe a neat and tidy overhead trellis/lattice for summer shade. The plants are well-established purple/magenta. Thanks for uploading the vid. It helps to acclimate me to this future task.
I would love to see how it turns out :) Have you going the Facebook group PlantzNThings what's growing page?
It really helped me understand what is necessary to keep the bougainvillea small as we have it in a pot on an east facing balcony. Seems to love just a half day sun but don’t want it taking over our small balcony. Sorry I don’t know how to add a photo.
I was considering this for mine, however, I would love to see how yours are doing now. Can you please upload an update showing yours??
I second that!
Yes! Bring it on.
It’s easy to grow these flowers. I cut off a tiny branch from a larger plant & soak it in mineral water. After a few days it grew some tiny leaves. I was surprised that it flourished in a plastic cup. I finally replanted it in a proper pot.
Thank you. I watched your video and you taught me alot! So thank you so much! I'm going to trim mine now.....love these plants...so much color.
Thank you, after watching nine other videos, I finally found the information I need, provided in a dkew 5 concise, informative video! I'm new to bougainvilleas 10th video I've watched on pruning bougainvillea and I finally found the information I needed! I'm new
Me too sweetie mine is very sad looking and it's going to kill me to cut those flowers off but I know I have to do it! His explanation was so good! I really appreciate it!
Thank you for this. I’m a newbie bougainvillea grower in the uk. The plant is growing madly in our heated conservatory but not flowering so the pruning tip is useful. I would just like to say that a 50/50% success rate in propagation might be classed as low in your climate but it’s borderline miracle in ours 😂😂
Hahaha! My family is from Latin America, and these plants grow wild everywhere. I can't imagine what it's like to try to grow these in cold weather! Must require a LOT of patience!
Hi. I have a place in Athens with a lot of pots. My bougainvillea does well. It's about 5yrs old now & I haven't really ever pruned it. I MUCH prefer the natural rambling look on my trellis to an artificially-shaped specimen. . However, all info says to prune after Winter/early Spring. My problem is that THAT is when I get blooms ! In January, the plant thinks it's Summer, even though the temp is only 5° or 6°. It's full of beautiful blooms. It doesn't bloom in the Summer ! Ha ! It's crazy. So I need to prune it to enable further blooms, but when should I prune it -- March? April? Thanks.
Thank you for this informative video. I just bought my first potted bougainvillea and had no idea how to maintain it. I’m like you I like the tight plant look and mine is starting to really ramble.
Nice! they are fun to prune.. they can grow relatively quick so if you make a mistake it should fill in well :)
thanks for the helpful video it was exactly what I needed !
Gonna look great when it bushes out,told you I didn't have room for one, then Lost my mind momentarily and bought a white bird of paradise now I really don't have any room,LOL! Great video!
VintageKitchenGardener HAHA! that's fantastic..lol.. I do that all the time.
I've just tried root some bougainvillea, from my patch it was about 25% success rate from about 10 -15 or so cuttings. Still was worth it basically cost me nothing to cut it from a neighbors fence.
I showed this video to my Bougainvillea Hanging Baskets & threatened them with a Severe Pruning if they didn't Bloom more {eg}
Haaaahahahahahh.
Good idea
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All my bougainvillaes are home prapogated using stem cuttings. Keep the cutting covered with an inverted soft drink bottle which has the top cut off. A small cut on the top will help keep it from steaming up. I do this when spring has just begun.
Thanks :)
I like a nice and trimmed Bougainvillea... one of my favorite plants! There was a sale at Home Depot and I brought about six of them!
Bougenville nya keren..👍
At first I don't like to prune my plant and loses its flowers but after watching this video, It finally pushes me off the cliff by pruning my Bougain.
I also don't like pruning them in full bloom.... I usually wait until Bracts start falling.... or just trim it unruly branches :)
"it's gonna be sad" hahaha, I felt that
Thank you for sharing your vedio beautiful plants new subscribers watching from California
NOW I GET IT!! Thank you SO much!!
Great help, thanks! What did you use to clean your shears?
Thanks for watching folks now I’m gonna go inside and let my wife kick my ass for butchering her favorite plant! Hope to see y’all again! Bye now!! Honey??😢
I like my bougainvilleas to be attached to the wall like a hand fan
Do you have an update to this bougainvillea? Id love to see what it looks like now.
Brutal! Is there a follow up?
Can you please how does the plant look like now or maybe how it looked when it bloomed back?
Great showing on how to prune a Bougainvillea vine ( not a tree as you called it LOL ) and those unsightly things are thorns as you well know. Some of us live in the eastern part of USA, north east that is, so if i could make a suggestion, tell us where your located cause it does make a difference as the time of year when to prune. If your in Florida than I suppose you have many opportunities to do the pruning, and they most likely planted in the ground, but here in the northeast, we usually get only one shot at it, if at all, cause we grow ours in pots. Winter here is not good for Bougie's as we call them. Again, great show.
Great video 🤘
Is it possible for you to give us a bougainvillea Show and Tell update?
Do you trim only once a year at the end of the biggest blooming period, or can I trim my long shoots mid-season?
How to fertilize in bhouganvelia's pot-- please tell me . I am from India. I have subscribed your channel just now. Very helpful tips. Best of luck.
Very helpful, THANKS!!😎🖖🏼
What will happen if you wait till ALL flowers ( Bracts ) fall off..seem a shame to throw away those flowers at this stage.
Very very nice 👍
How do I deepen colour in the flowers? I bought the most stunning soft pink plant and put it in full sun but cold windy spot in winter. I now moved it to a morning sun place until noon. No sun after that but very much protected from cold and wind. How often do I water it now. Previously it was next to irrigation and was much too much.
For Bougainvillea the color you bought is the color it will stay. However if it’s in a very shady spot. The color might be faded. Water freely through the growing season .. but during the cooler months keep them more dry.. if the leaves start to look wilted give it a drink. If it looses leaves that’s ok… it will regrow
Thank you so much. I will do it to my bogounvillas too. Godbless!
Have fun! and good luck :) watch out for thorns :)
Hi! Do you have an actual video of your bougambilia??? 😊
In Indonesia it's not hard to grow bougenvillia. I just grow them by cutting and a week later the root has grow and nodes begin to show up on each stem.
Same here in the Philippines not hard at all.
When is the best time to hard prune? Is late winter ok?
Late winter/early spring is a great time to give it a prune... you might also do a light trim mid summer to maintain a shape.. but that will depend on your plants needs
@@PlantzNThings thank you
I would like someone to post a montage of before pruning, after pruning, a few months later and then maybe a year later… mine need a major overhaul, several years of untamed growth and they are taking over the driveway) but I’m being timid because I don’t want to kill them or make them look ugly forever (I can have dale a few months if it’s worth it)
Thank you so much Bill you did a great job and the info has helped me greatly,,,!! have a great day
I'm glad you found it helpful :)
I just bought two 6 gallon potted bougainvillea plants. They were in full bloom but after a two week period that I had them all the flowers fell. That's the favorite part of the plant I like. Am I doing anything wrong? Or do I need to repot it?
Just A tip I grow bougainvilleas too. I learned from researching that those cuttings you just skin off t
An inch from the tip and insert it into a banana fruit , an apple or a potato before planting. I have 100% success. Chat basa
You shouldn't prune when there are flowers just coming out, right? I am in Melbourne, Aus and it's Spring and warming up. I missed the window to prune. Is it still ok?
I will be looking doe your response later. Thank you. Louise Fletcher....
Where’s part 2? How did it come out?
I live just North of Houston in Texas. This year I bought some bougainvillea in orange (coral), Pink, white with pink tips, amethyst, and Hot Pink. Some in baskets, and others in pots. When I get ready to winterize, I plan to heavily prune them and put them in the garage. I guess my question is...Does the color of the bracts matter in the winterizing or pruning process?Thanks for sharing your gardening/plant knowledge! It's very much appreciated! :)
The colour of the flower shouldn't have anything to do with overwintering techniques.. I would treat them all the same :)
What time of the year is this pruning?
What month of the year and what zone are you in.
I have two and love them .. now I’m getting ready to prune and I’m always terrified I’m going to loose the whole plant
I believe this was done during the summer... but it might show the date on the video.. and i am in zone 6 B ... they really respond well to pruning. I wouldn't cut it all the way to the ground...lol but a healthy amount seems to be ok
could I use the trimmings from pruning as cuttings and make more plants for free?
I wanna know too. Is it possible???
Yes, provided your cutting is thick green woody stem. Cut 6 inch pieces, scrape off around 2 inch of stem, which should be then dipped in rooting hormone or cinnamon powder or honey or aloevera gel and inserted into soil. Cover it with a cut off soft drink bottle to keep temperature constant. Make sure to cut a hole at the top of the bottle to avoid steaming.
Water only when soil is semi dry. Good results if u do this in beginning of spring.
Wondering do you use cuttings for propagating?
Not anymore... I don't have a high success rate... hasn't been worth the time for me
You could save the clippings and put in a vase for the dinner table!
That's true
Seven years later, yet still very informational, and relevant.
I’m training an airy, tall, long legged 7 foot Goddess, and care to keep her as such, with many blooms. I fear any pruning may change her shape, but how do I prune for new blooms, yet also maintaining the long vining shape? Thanks.
Inevitably you might sacrifice some blooms.. but generally there is a flowering season and a green season.. try to do your pruning when it's not in bloom... either way... it will create new growth points and those will eventually bloom. Creating an even more dense show of blooms
I am attempting a bougainvillea bonsai. Just bought my little guy and had it planted. Do you think I could use miracle grow ? I'm wondering if it would help speed up the growth after I trim it back
I live in Canada and I've have a bougainvillea, this past summer was its third. Its now gotten very big. Is it best to trim it in the fall once I bring it in or is it better to wait until spring. Love watching your video's. Keep them up. Alex
either time is good... are you planning to grow it as a house plant for winter? or have it go dormant? if you plant on having it go dormant I would wait until spring to do a heavy prune. if you are going to grow it in a bright window I would prune now
This is the third winter of it being in a South window with plant lights above it. So I think I will give it a medium prune now. Thanks
Joseph Alex Anderson
Joseph Alex Anderson
Hi , today I bought two in uk. Could you please tell me how to plant in pot both of small
Hi again, thank you for the info on spraying...After pruning my Bougainvillea, I started getting many new shoots..lots of new leaves...Do the original leaves drop off, is that normal? I still have some, but I lose many of the original ones..a couple per day, is that nth norm? Thank you for your help. Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher
Can you show how it turned out? Mine grows just tall and refuses to branch. I am curious to see how your plant turned out.
I don't have this plant anymore .. I got rid of it prior to moving... I have a new one that I got last year as a tiny plant ... just a bush...I hope to start training it into a standard this summer..... you say that yours refuses to branch? Have you pruned it?
@@PlantzNThings it grew tall like a girrafe over 5ft...without branching. I had planted a cutting. It took forever to have flowers. When it did it was really tall. I must say I did prune it but not as much as you did which is what I should have done. It did branch but again just one branch out grew the rest...so basically it now just looks like a really long vine.
Any updates? I’m in California and trying to decide if I should cut mine back
Help!
I planted my bogonavillea 3 mo ago and developed onto 4 2 foot Lind branches with no central stem
How to prune them so i develop a cental stem and the plant become a nice tree/bush on a porch/ fence
Pick your favorite branch and make that your leader... attach it to a pole so it goes straight up... them remove all of the other undesired branches... this will start a main trunk... then prune accordingly from there... I hope this makes sense.... I do have a more recent video of me starting to train a bougainvillea as a standard... that might be helpful
That was a lovely colour, what was the name of the Bougainvillea please?, I have just bought one here in the U.K its name is "Barbara Kast" it looks as though it may be the same as the one you are showing?
I'm not sure. It didn't have a variety name
Looks Great!!!
pitpony2006 Thank you :)
Hi Bill! I've always found Bougainvilleas fascinating and their colors calming. I've seen them around but started loving them when I was trying to revive a few plants where I used to live and succeeded in bringing them back to life. Anyways, I am from Sri Lanka and yes, sun and humidity year round - perfect to grow these beautiful babies. Keeping long story short, can you please advise me on how to care for a very young bougainvillea? i bought it recently and still haven't transferred into a pot. Hope you read this on time and look forward to hearing from you. Cheers! M.
They like a well draining soil... lots of sun and water... feed them regularly when actively growing... these plants are drought tolerant and don't want to stay wet. there might be times that it drops all of its leaves... keep it dry for a little while... when the rains come back they will leaf out and thrive again. some people say that the dormant period encourages blooming.
Mary Peterson
nice tree!
is at bougainvilea's also so that they have been compressed during the culture. Sometimes seems so in garden centers. Generally I avoid therefore also DIY and garden center and buy my plants as much as possible from specialist nurseries, which does not work with compression means or hormonal treatments. Find the thereby the plants hardly grow and respond much faster (perhaps also is intentional, so that you can again buy a new plant). Especially with Hibiscus rosa sinensis or gardenias that's terrible.
Its now early spring and still not signs of life, in fact the remaining branchs are not even green when i 'scratch them to see if it was green. I did what i have read by keeping it dry in a 55 to 60 degree room and sparingly water it, at least once or twice during late Fall and all of winter. When the sun comes out and in the high 60's or 70's, i put it out into the sun.
Okay, so I have mine growing tall and trained on wire left to right. I live in Nevada so our winters are mild. Mine still has leaves on the vine and slightly spendly. Should I just cut mine all the way back? Or will it just continue growing extending left to right? I like the "rambling" style. Lol
you are right!! i tried to grow by cutting, i tried 10 and only 1 survived.
Do you know they come with many colors? pink, light pink, dark pink, orange, and white. and one of them has white and green leave. thanks for the video!!
hui yin yap I have seen many colors. I love the dark pink and the orange the best :) if you want 100% success with propagating try using the air layering method.
My bougainvillea is a beautiful vine and I want to keep it that way. Should I prune it? If so, how?
If your plant is large... its easy to use hedge clippers... this isn't a really delicate plant... if your plant is small you can use and pruners... cut it back a little further than the size you want it to be... when the new growth starts it will fill in perfectly
I find that the way you pruned your bougainvillea would just encourage the tree to grow new shoots rampantly, instead of flowers. I mean the big, succulent shoots with long thorns and big soft leaves which would take a LONG LONG time to reach the stage of flowers formation. To encourage the tree to grow flowers, instead of new shoots, you should just pinched the very ends of each branches only a few centimeters from the branch ends.
MrStraightlover
I beg to disagree,what if the plant is 1 meter thick like mine?almost empty inside and so many dead stems?i use to prune even the thick stems every year and still give me flowers during the summer.
interesting, it's good to know so depending on the shape we can determine how we want to trim it.
Beleive it or not, Those pink things ARE NOT CALLED "Flowers".... They are called BRACHTS" The little white things in the middle of the pink are the actual flowers....
Christina Rauch ... Bracts ...
Great job..bill
ivy geerman Thanks :) I think the pruning will do it good. The new growth is really pushing out now.
What do you do with the branches that you cut off...can they regrow?
Winter no but in the spring yes
Which month is the best pruning month for bougainville ?
I have brought in my Bougainvillea, gave it a good pruning. I have noticed a few cobwebs do I spray with something....not sure if they are aphids...help...don't see anything. Can you help me?
Louise Fletcher
Bill, I guess this is a hardy version? I'd love to grow this here, in Quebec...
Bougainvillea is not hardy anywhere in Canada. He grows it outside in the summer, inside in the winter.
Heather Diodati Nope, Not hardy. I will need to bring it indoors for the winter.. I will keep it semi dormant in the basement with a little light. then i will bring it outside next spring again :)
PlantzNThings Ah, OK - thanks Bill. Have an absolutely awesome day! ~ Heather ~
What month do the flowers tend to stop flowering?
Can you root those cuttings?
I just bot one from my local nursery but the leaves are dropping aftr I repotted.what cud b the reason 🙄
Not sure... possibly acclimating to its new home... both your home and the new pot... mine drops leaves when I bring it inside... if they are kept dryer the might go dormant and loose all of their leaves... but when the conditions are good again it will push out new leaves
In which all season pruning should done
I prune freely for this plant but more often in summer or Fall... this plant seems pretty tough
may I know the name of the chemicals in a bottle that was used before propagating bougainvillea,is it a rooting hormones?
Very sad! Please send me the cutting- this is so beautiful- all plants an flowers are!,,
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Few days ago I was transplanting Bougainvillea Glabra to the basket, because temperature is starting to fall out. Accidently I damaged the main root and leaves are not feeling good now. What would you recommend to save this flower? Moreover, I didn't prune it yet, should I do this now? Thanks in advance!
trimming the plant back will help the plant if the main root was damaged. make sure to keep the plant damp (not soaking wet) for a few weeks. to make sure the plant gets enough moisture. your plant should recover just fine.
Thank you a lot!
I prefer a tight bush myself
good presentation
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what is the best time(s) to prune?
Is there an update video?
wonder how it looks 9 years later...
Hi if a branch of a Bougainvillea is cut not near a leaf node, what will happen
Tonya Marhue-Maraj nothing... you will just have an unsightly piece of dead wood at the end.
Never mind you read my mind!
Does this flower again when u bring it outside after winter?
I’m in zone 5, what zone are u?
Thank you for your reply...
Can you show a picture of your plant now?
What happened to the plant now?
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