Were they worth it?

[Fidur]

So I usually buy cheap plants in the nursery, to try to develope them. But about 6 months ago, I bought two big bouganvilleas (50€ each), chopped them syled and repotted. They are my most expensive tree purchases. I call them Levorotary and Dextrorotary. So,... were they worth it in your opinion? (I mean, would you have paid those 50€ (55$)?...

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[Carol 83]

Probably. It looks like the one on the left has some rot? Although I have a bougie that I'm sure half of the trunk is dead and it still carry's on.

 

[Lorax7]

It’s hard to put prices on things without knowing physical dimensions, since a lot of what you pay for is trunk girth. There’s some good movement in the trunks, so that’s a plus.

 

[CarpenterDiaz7]

Yes indeed in my area possibly $75! I have a couple and it’s amazing how ones trunk is relatively rotted and it’s sprouting leaves and flower…

 

[Fidur]

So, as always in these cases, worth depends on different places and different persons. The only important one to measure it it's me. And I'm very satisfied of what I got. And also proud of what I made coming from the starter trees six months ago.

The first is my favorite. It had certain zones of the bark rotten (the white ones), so I cleaned and applied lime sulphure. Also made a little shari in the cut zone:



The second had tapering problems , so I had to make a deep shari to try to avoid them. I still have some tapering problems...

Probably. It looks like the one on the left has some rot? Although I have a bougie that I'm sure half of the trunk is dead and it still carry's on.

Yes Carol, some zones in the trunk were rotten, others I made a shari. In the next pic, the darker zones were previously rotten. Also you can see the remaining tapering problems in this tree:

It’s hard to put prices on things without knowing physical dimensions, since a lot of what you pay for is trunk girth. There’s some good movement in the trunks, so that’s a plus.

It's about 30 cm (12") high

 

[sorce]

Did it come with the creepiest little monkey character on earth?

If so, more worth it!

Sorce

 

[Colorado]

That would be a great deal for bougainvillea in my area - they’re hard to come by around here. I’d say you did pretty good

 

[hbcoach]

I paid $60 USD for this one with no leaves. I think you did good !