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Does anyone know if this pixie is different than regular pink bougs?
Does anyone know if this pixie is different than regular pink bougs?
Pixie bougainvillea
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I have a couple. The leaves are smaller, that's about the only difference, hence the "pixie". I repotted mine on Sunday before we left for vacation and was pretty excited about the amount of growth they put on in less than a week. Bless my son for watering!
hinmo24t
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rodeolthr
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Pixie is a dwarf, smaller leaves and tight clusters of flowers......no huge, adventurous canes of growth. These are used often, along with Pixie Queen, in the Palm Springs area. Typically they are about 3' in the landscape, though I have seen some older specimens that can reach about 6'. Compare to regular bougainvillea that can easily scramble up trees to 20-25'
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good to know! thanks
luvinthemountains
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Nice, @hinmo24t!
A couple of comments. First, in your location I would expect this to remain the same size (i.e., thickness) for...well, pretty much forever. But something you might try that I have had some success with is allow growth to extend several inches out, then prune back hard, rinse and repeat. Seems like the only way I have gotten mine to thicken up perceptibly at all. Second, the soil you have this in looks pretty moisture retentive. These do not like to stay wet, so I suggest you keep a close eye on the soil moisture this year, then maybe next summer repot it into a drier mix that you can water every day. I have gotten better growth since I started doing that.
A couple of comments. First, in your location I would expect this to remain the same size (i.e., thickness) for...well, pretty much forever. But something you might try that I have had some success with is allow growth to extend several inches out, then prune back hard, rinse and repeat. Seems like the only way I have gotten mine to thicken up perceptibly at all. Second, the soil you have this in looks pretty moisture retentive. These do not like to stay wet, so I suggest you keep a close eye on the soil moisture this year, then maybe next summer repot it into a drier mix that you can water every day. I have gotten better growth since I started doing that.
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thanks
i have a regular bougie that was about half an inch thick when i got it, managed to double it in thickness in a year. that one i grew in nursery container for a year before hardcut and rootwork. its getting some decent taper now ive been noticing. was fun to overwinter that in my kitchen last year (not)
the Pixie i worked on immediately, so not expecting it to be a crazy trunk anytime soon and look forward to the journey with it
as for the soil, it isnt in my typical bonsai soil (30% each of oildry, perlite, compost) that my other boug is in,
this one is in MG cactus/succulent and extra perlite, and mosquito bits. i use this mix as my backup regularly for a lot of my plants.
adding sand into it or extra perlite
old shot of other bougainvillea...everything in this photo has been repot/bonsai now, except the ERC i composted
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Happy plant w the mid summer work
Might show some color soon...
Might show some color soon...
It is. Those light colored leaves at the ends are going to be blooms.
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hope so! how are your purple ones? didnt you get them this season?
I got one purple and one red. I repotted them both and they are starting to show a little color. It's interesting how much smaller the leaves on the purple one are compared to the red one.
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nice nice. theyre yellow ones out there too? hope works going well - im making my way thru a collections report today lol...
