Bonsai Bougainvillea | More Growth, Less Flowers

What to do when a bougainvillea bonsai will not stop flowering?
Repotting, pruning, fertilizing bougainville bonsai to get it back to a growing state. Using a combination of fertilizer, repot brings this tree back to a growing state needed to develop bougainvillea as a bonsai.
0:00 Why a Bougainville bonsai continuous flowering
0:25 Repotting Bougainville Bonsai
6:05 Which side is the front?
6:37 Summer: Growing Bougainville!
6:58 When and how to wire Bougainville bonsai
7:35 Bougainville bonsai design
8:00 Styling Bougainville Bonsai
11:28 aftercare and shots in early fall

[@lesijo52]

I also agree with your choice of front. The bottom 2/3 of the tree looks like a sitting elephant, with its trunk up in the air, to me.😃👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hahaha

[@therisingofroninbonsai]

Agree for the front ... let see the growing branch up of the trunk... to make the neck of the crown❤

[@GrowingBonsai]

:)

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

I love bougainvillea! Someday hopefully mine will be that thick... Going for a nice big canopy on mine. I like your choice for front as well!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yes, let it GROOOOW and et a thicker trunk!

[@mick681]

Definitely the front that you have chosen. The trunk flows very well. A lovely looking tree.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you

[@sueb1317]

What a beautiful tree - never need a bougainvillea with such an interesting trunk, and flowers to boot!

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Lucky to have received this cutting-grown trunk!

[@abydosianchulac2]

Agreed with your choice of front, it'll be much better in the long run!

[@GrowingBonsai]

I hope so!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Definitely agree with your choice Jelle. Lovely looking tree :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you Xav!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Great video Jelle and some beautiful shots of this tree.

[@GrowingBonsai]

❤

[@maryweber4176]

Great tree, and beautiful pot!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you so much! This pot is indeed amazing.

[@danielfonseca5007]

I like the second front with the cascading branch on the left. I think that makes more sense to how the trunk flows and also hides the trunk chop.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thx!

[@denhardy7238]

I think the other side of the tree is the best front 😎Dennis

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Thx

[@joeydupre6153]

I'm curious why you would not smooth over that 30mm cut to let it start healing. I almost always smooth cuts as I go. It gives them a head start on healing.

[@buonleo]

I like the side view at 11:01

[@GrowingBonsai]

I see what you are saying. To me, I just loose too much of the trunk in that perspective.

[@ToMu29]

I think it will look nice in a cascade style

[@GrowingBonsai]

It could but as this is a layer, the roots are pretty much all in the sample plane, and tilting the tree would cause challenes there.

[@Agasbonsaichannel0201]

Hadir kaka semangat❤❤❤

[@GrowingBonsai]

Not exactly sure what that means!

[@Maples-and-cats]

Maybe turn it into cascade someday?its like talking to you..."turn me to cascade!! turn me to semi-cascade"😂😂

[@GrowingBonsai]

The rootbase is however not talking that talk!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@GrowingBonsai]

:D

[@NoQuarter01]

Would love to see some update videos on this tree. I have a few bougs I’m growing as bonsai. Not nearly as big as this fatty though?

[@GrowingBonsai]

This is one of my unhappy trees at the moment. We have had rain since November, it is dark and cold; They do not like this.

[@narayanbarailee9903]

hellow sir,can say , what is your bonsai soil recepe sir .

[@GrowingBonsai]

ua-cam.com/video/i1zof0uTyW0/v-deo.html

[@treeaddict]

Can you explain why you want the front of the tree over one of the feet on the pot?

[@rennersjewelry544]

Its a round pot.

[@GrowingBonsai]

This is just one of the conventions when using round pots. The font EITHER with a foot right below it, or right in the middle between feet.