Bonsai Bougainvillea

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Author Message   Cmdiesing  Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 06:34 pm EST :    Hi, I just picked up this Bougainvillea at a local nursery for $3. I want to cut it back and try to train it into a bonsai. Can anyone give me some helpful hints in where I should cut it back? Im not to discerning on the "style." Thanks Cmdiesing - FL, Zone "10"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 07:05 pm EST :    Well it looks a little small for bonsai but can't really tell from a photo. Either way it needs a major cut back if thats what you intend doing with it. I've never had a boughie so i don't know how they react to hard pruning. Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"   Vpal  Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 01:57 am EST :    the right branch can be wired down so it is almost harizontal and pruned were the small twigs are seen. Sowill have a base for creating a foliage pad there the vertical branch can have all the small twigs shortened so you have another foliage pad there . These branches will bear flowers If you prune very drastically ie down to the trunk flowering will be delayed this way the present shape can be imprved by pinching the new shoots as they lengthen it would be easier to explain with a drawing but my computer skills are very basic the vertical stem will need removal of the first small branch coming off to the right so you get some more space. If you are not happy with wiring you can try hanging weights on the branch to make it horizontal dont wire immediately after watering Vpal - kerala, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 05:40 am EST :    I just think its way too small and thin to be even thinking of bonsai. I'd cut it back hard and plant it in a very very big container,let it just grow for a few years. Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"

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