cdefoe
Mame
i got this purple queen bougainvillea at the nursery in july. please be gentle with me as i've just started getting into bonsai this spring
i chopped it back, cut the gallon container down, and repotted it in some bonsai soil. i've read mixed things about root pruning bougainvillea, but i did bare root it and prune like half the roots off and managed not to kill it. the foliage didn't do much but the roots grew like crazy the first month - could tell as it quickly became very firm in place
eventually a new leader started growing really quickly at the end of august. here it is in early september next to my ficus benjamina and a cutting from the bougie.
(ignore the dying moss - i thought i could try to grow moss indoors, but i'm not home enough during the day to keep it moist)
here's the cutting today. no idea what to do with it, mostly just wanted to see if i could get a cutting to survive.
okay so here's the main bougie today after getting my indoor greenhouse set up for the winter. i think it could look good as a literati but maybe i'd be best off just letting it grow and not die for now? open to advice/suggestions/being called a damned idiot for what i've done
i chopped it back, cut the gallon container down, and repotted it in some bonsai soil. i've read mixed things about root pruning bougainvillea, but i did bare root it and prune like half the roots off and managed not to kill it. the foliage didn't do much but the roots grew like crazy the first month - could tell as it quickly became very firm in place
eventually a new leader started growing really quickly at the end of august. here it is in early september next to my ficus benjamina and a cutting from the bougie.
(ignore the dying moss - i thought i could try to grow moss indoors, but i'm not home enough during the day to keep it moist)
here's the cutting today. no idea what to do with it, mostly just wanted to see if i could get a cutting to survive.
okay so here's the main bougie today after getting my indoor greenhouse set up for the winter. i think it could look good as a literati but maybe i'd be best off just letting it grow and not die for now? open to advice/suggestions/being called a damned idiot for what i've done