植物护理及园艺小贴士

叶子护理

叶子 ，也被称为纸花是土生土长的巴西和属于Nyctaginaceae家庭。 这热带登山是理想的吊篮和生长在那里的集装箱可以级联其充满活力的葡萄开花。 花是不起眼相比鲜艳，纸张一样苞片包围花。

我买了两个漂亮的叶子花植物今年春季上市。 我想，使它们在冬季。 我没有地下室和车库将太冷。 任何建议，如何将它们存储在冬季？ 我应该修剪当我把它？ 如果我把它放在窗口旁或应该是黑暗的？

叶子的热带植物区8月10日在哈代。 这将容许温度为30-40度，凉爽，但将需要保护，也可以冻结和死亡。
为了winterover您的叶子室内 ，保持在最酷的， 聪明的房间在众议院（东或北窗） ，气温50-60摄氏度之间。 如果它变得太温暖，它还会增长，但看起来身材和苍白的，因为不够阳光。 水少，冬季使土壤变干的，不浇水施肥。 您可以修剪的植物，使之更易于管理，但主要的修剪工作应在春季开始之前，新的经济增长。 它可能放弃其叶，但在这段时间的想法是让植物活到春天。

WINTEROVER叶子

在寒冷地区的叶子也可以被储存在一个地下室休眠或车库。 减少浇水，减少工厂足以使其管理和储存在阴凉黑暗的房间。 该工厂将减少其所有叶片。 检查土壤定期在冬季，浇水只需轻轻将它完全干燥。 不要在此期间施肥。

1. Brugmansia照顾 Brugmansia ， 安琪尔小号是一个大灌木或小乔木大 ， ...
2. 叶子花冬季损害 我最近搬到佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔 ， 我们种植了双 ...
3. 做好过冬准备Mandevilla 我现在有一个美丽的Mandevilla ， 并想保持它 ...

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2007年1月2日|分类： 叶子 ， 花园审查 ， 热带植物 | 55评论

55评论叶子护理

• 约翰

  2007年1月27日在下午5点06分 回复

  修剪叶子

  我有一个盆栽叶子已经失去了很多的树叶和树枝失去这些叶片干枯死亡。 它也有相当数量的新的经济增长在其他领域-使植物相当微弱。 （一些新的经济增长有些盲点） 。 我应该怎么做，使工厂充满了新的增长？

  叶子花盛开在新的经济增长，因此需要很好地修剪 。 您可以修剪晚秋或早春，以及轻修剪整个生长季节这将刺激新的浓密增长。

  MJF （ filla@sbcglobal.net / ） （ IP地址是： 70.255.0.195 ）
  修剪叶子

  我们生活在德克萨斯州的休斯顿。 我们非常成熟的叶子一直盛开伟大。 但是失控大小明智。 在回到本人修剪很难在3月下旬后，我们最后的冻结。 树叶都增加，但是还没有花（我们通常有充分的花朵，现在） 。 我会得到鲜花，今年？ 我修剪或太硬或太晚？

  的最佳时机是正确的剪枝开花后。 他们可以采取轻修剪整个赛季都长。 如果您的工厂覆盖，你需要控制的规模，初春开始前增长是一个很好的时间来硬修剪。 经过修剪bougainvilleas往往很难停止开花，并在强大的营养生长，他们在能产生荆棘而不是鲜花。 尝试“布卢姆推动”化肥，鼓励它的花。

  约翰Vasi （ johnvasi@cox.net / ）
  我住在南加州。 我有一个叶子花（红色）在充分太阳。 这是至少30岁。 我试图得到延长了阳台面积，允许分行增长这一方向前进。 经过几年的分支机构有木本，我变得非常稀疏叶片生长。 我可以修剪回到木材对这些长期分行（也许十五英尺）以促进经济增长，或者我应该削减其赶走，并促进新的分支机构，以覆盖该地区我想？

  硬盘修剪削减1 / 2至2 / 3应促进新的分支机构和更充分地bushier植物。 这项工作应在新的经济增长开始在早春。 请记住，硬修剪使植株停止开花到植物人增长阶段;生产大量的绿色增长，也许长期弯曲荆棘的叶轴。 您可以申请增加或更好盛开盛开后重修剪减缓营养生长，并鼓励新的花卉生产。 软修剪，如聚秘诀回到形状和直接的经济增长可以做到的整个生长季节。

• 迪安娜

  2007年2月5日在上午07点24分 回复

  你能分享提示划分叶子 。 排雷是相当大（锅大小是2 ' ，我担心这是获取root权限的约束，并愿鸿沟正确）感谢

  将您的叶子在春天开始的时候，生长季节。 您的植物水的几个小时之前，因为这将使其更易于消除的盆栽植物。 仔细地将其从茶壶和一个尖刀削减到部分。 删除死亡，乱的根源。 务必使用新鲜的土壤和泥炭清洁容器。 植物有相同的水平，这是增长的。 修剪后repotting距离的1 / 3的植物藤蔓，这将使基层的时间增长，跟上的叶子。 如果您不能repot ， topdress 。 为了topdress刮了顶端1-2厘米的土壤和填充了新的土壤结构。 最上层将提供额外的营养物质的根源

• 卡罗尔

  2007年3月27日在上午01时42 引

  我在泰国普吉岛，并希望咨询服务的叶子在这气候是热带。 我有一个10分钟自动每天两次自动喷水灭火系统的花园和土壤具有良好的排水系统。
  我的园丁浇水叶片我国植物-这是一个好主意？

  您好卡罗尔
  叶子做好热带气候。 他们茁壮成长，并充分太阳热量和盛开时，最好保持稍微强调和干一边。 他们是沉重的饲养，并应定期与美联储1 / 2的力量化肥使他们整个赛季都长期开花。 至于自动浇水.. 一天两次可能不允许植物变干，并会保持在一个潮湿的国家所有的时间，将鼓励新的经济增长，但没有鲜花以及根腐病如果保持太湿。 你不能水植物，以您的日程安排，你必须根据什么水植物需要特别是在雨季。 架空浇水不是最好的想法，最好是水直接渗入土壤。 如果叶片不湿有机会干了晚上就可以开发的疾病，如叶斑病和白粉病。

• 杰西卡

  2007年4月18号在下午5时38 引

  我们种植了三角梅去年8月在我们的后院。 我们生活在墨西哥山区那里有一些非常漂亮的叶子花植物。 它开花马上但还没有开花，现在有一段时间了。 看上去好像是因为可能有错误的叶子不看健康卷曲和枯萎。 但是，我也注意到，有一些新的增长点。 我们应该用喷雾杀虫剂或离开它，并希望最好的。

  您好杰西卡
  这听起来像您的植物是正确的环境。 以下是一些文化的建议， 它需要盛开 。 叶子至少需要6-8小时。 充分的阳光。 他们响应开花时，稍微强调拥挤的根源和土壤保持稍微干燥。 此外，开花发生在新的经济增长，因此轻修剪将刺激新的经济增长，同时消除病叶。 轻轻美联储2-3倍的工厂一年的平衡施肥。 总体而言，缺乏从开花通常情况没有足够的阳光，水太多，太多的氮。 还有一些品种的叶子是盛开在秋季针对短期天。 如果昆虫的问题日益恶化，那么您将需要识别和处理的问题。

• 卡梅拉nistico

  2007年5月10号在下午8时38 引

  你能切断处的叶子 ， 并让它的根 ... 。什么是
  适当的方式得到它从根
  切割？ 谢谢

  您可以宣传叶子在春天/体育 夏天，晚上的温度高于55degrees 。 嫩枝扦插采取节点与5月9日，条形的下部叶片，将在土壤和DIP的目的rootone 。 小组终端剪报（提示删除）似乎优于提示剪报，因为它们较少受疾病和腐。 插入切削成砂/泥炭土，并在一个塑料袋（保持较高的湿度）在阴凉处。 土壤应保持湿润，并不允许干。 底部加热的72度的建议，以加快生根，其中应考虑6-12周。 叶子也可以从硬枝扦插繁殖（裸茎）在今年秋天/冬天，并会采取3-4个月的罢工的根源。

• 苏珊威尔逊

  2007年5月11号在下午10时12 引

  我有一大壶fuschia boug 。 我将在每一个冬天。 我收到两个bloomings内。 我在外面今年春天，现在是树莓/红罂粟色。 （这不符合我的热粉红花园）如何获得fuschia颜色回来。 Miracid ？ 谢谢

  改变花的颜色是受几个因素：温度，光量，质量轻， pH值和微量元素在土壤中。 低温条件下，更多的光线增加花青素是红/紫色色素植物，相反高的时代，少轻减少anthocyainin 。 pH值和化肥也有一个影响树荫红色。 尝试Miracid ，看看它是否改变了颜色。 让我知道会发生什么事情。

• shirly西恩潘

  2007年5月27日在上午09时09 引

  我可以混合土和Epson盐而是根叶子足？

  泻盐是一个很好的来源， 镁和硫 。 据埃普瑟姆盐理事会的研究表明，这些微量营养素bushier使植物生长，产生更多的鲜花，提高磷，氮的吸收和增加chlrophyll生产。 它通常与水混合，并浇水在（ 2 TBLsp至2.5加仑的水） 。 它应该被用来仔细太多也会造成问题。 Eventhough埃普瑟姆盐可能做一些好，更好的方式来施肥的植物，是提供一个很好的平衡施肥与微量营养素包括在内。

• 瓦莱丽台阶

  07年5月30号在下午11时 55 分 引

  我想锅完全红色叶子 。 我已经告诉湾岩溶最好和买了几个。 已经注意到，当年轻的括号内，他们是红色的，然后成熟一个平克颜色。 土壤pH值是一个途径，探索使他们的红呢？

  花朵的颜色自然会得到打火机，因为它们的成熟，这有可能是pH值会改变颜色，但其他因素，如温度，大量阳光和养分也影响颜色。 请尝试降低pH值的广告看看会发生什么。

• 罗斯玛丽

  2007年6月3日在下午2点13 引

  我有一个叶子说，幸存的飓风洪水。 这是近2年，该工厂是更大，比以往任何时候都更加美好。 我想将其移动到我的新房子，但它是生长在一个木制浴缸说，即将土崩瓦解。 什么是最好的方式，将其移动。 我会毁灭它，如果我削减下来之前运送？ 本人已遍布后院。 我喜欢将它移到如但这似乎是不可能的。 任何建议？
  罗斯玛丽，圣伯纳德现在在路易斯安那州哈蒙德。

  您可以剪切下来，然后再移动，使其更易于管理。 他们绽放新的木材，可trimmend随时随地。 这听起来像您需要将它移植到另一个容器，以便修剪将帮助工厂调整的变化。 后reacclimates本身有迹象显示新的经济增长使机管局喂养的1 / 2 ，刺激强度化肥开花。

• Choochi

  2007年6月10日在上午11点37 引

  越冬叶子

  我有2美丽的叶子 ，我住在非常路易斯安那州东北部，可他们种植的地面？ 还是必须留在容器？

  Bougainvilleas是哈中区8月10日，您是在8区的边缘年底抗寒。 您可以在工厂地面。 这将容许温度为30-40度，凉爽，但将需要保护，也可以冻结和死亡。 植物它南面的房子

  。

  我丈夫和我买了4植物吊篮在温斯顿塞勒姆，数控。 我希望让他们在花盆，但我不知道他们成长在这种气候。 任何帮助我们非常感谢。 Tammie

  叶子花是一种热带植物 ，是霜冻敏感。 它生长在区8月10日。 您现在的位置区8 。 他们可能会在冬季休眠和减少叶片。 您可能想保护他们免遭极端寒冷的篮子保持在车库和浇水只是略微保持它完全干燥。 重要的是保持活着的根源，以便他们再生下列春天。

  4月（ aprilgoddard@msn.com / ）
  我住外面朗维尔 ，美国得克萨斯（区7 ）和刚刚购买的最美丽的烧毁橙（去Longhorns ！ ） boug 。 并想知道如果我能在工厂地面或应我把它放在一个容器？ 主要的问题，我已是我没有合适的地方来存储它内部在冬季。 我们开始在高20和30年代在冬季。 它是如此美丽，我从未见过这种颜色boug前，我绝对不想失去它。

  您好四月
  Bougainvilleas是哈中区8月10日。 这将容许温度低30-40摄氏度。 一名货柜种植将是您最安全的赌注。 您正在服用的机会如果你厂在地面。 这将需要保护的冬季，也可以冻结仅4小时。 在零度以下的时代。 您可以存储您的bouggainvillea作为室内室内过冬。 http://www.southeasttexasgardening.info/bouginfo.htm

• 罗汉潘迪亚

  2007年6月30日在上午1点49分 回复

  我住在印度古吉拉特邦和我有许多叶子在我的花园。 我们在雨季在每年的这个时候。 美丽直到他们长大成人，直到这一天我的园丁切碎诸枝叶穷人工厂和现在都仍然是主要的干。 他说，这是必要的适当的增长。 是否有必要将所有的枝叶？ 或U只需略有微调？ 任何部分的植物死亡，其生长良好。 请告诉我该怎么办。
  谢谢您。

  欣慰的是，叶子可以采取重修剪，并应凝结。

• 戴安

  2007年7月17号在下午5点27 引

  我获得在佛罗里达州和叶子是盛开。 我们种植它在院子里在MS其现在非常高，但没有花什么都做，但有很多大绿叶...和许多荆棘，而不是它看起来不错！ 只是没有开花 。

  这可能是新的位置，没有足够的阳光。 此外，他们的压力条件下盛开;需要加以约束和干燥根。 一部分的rootbound很难如果种植在地面，但您可以控制水分的金额（除非其下雨的时候） 。 让我们干得多之间浇水水分将推动绿色增长，也没有鲜花。 如果您的工厂干，请尝试使用布卢姆提高肥料以促进开花。

• 尼娜

  2007年7月23日在下午5时47分 引

  不错的网站！ 我住在佛罗里达州西南区9月10日。 我想植物叶子在我的沙质土壤的后院。 我是否需要购买盆栽土壤，肥料等前将他们放置到地面？ 他们将在充分太阳的位置我已经选定。 谢谢！ 尼娜

  您好尼娜
  一些堆肥添加到您的沙质土壤，并应做好提供良好的排水系统以及一些营养素。 一旦他们开始显示出新的经济增长可以fertilze掉以轻心。 避免高氮肥，或你会得到更多的树叶，也没有花（ 10-10-10 ） 。 他们需要更多的营养物质盛开时（高磷像Superbloom ） 。 充分太阳的位置是完美的！

• 尼克

  2007年8月21日在下午1时 39 引

  我得到的橙色Bourgainvillea及其越来越像疯了，不幸的是，它只是将直线上升分行没有任何副作用。 除了这似乎很健康！ 谁能告诉我如何将它做成一个标准类型的形状？

  如果你想一边分行削减部分直直立处将鼓励它发出的横向生长。

• 罗素

  2007年9月11号在下午9点58分 回复

  嘿，不错的网站。 我住在巴厘岛，我有2个成熟Bourgainvilleas我最近repotted 。 不幸的是都回答不好所有叶片脱落和新出现的只有死了几天之后。 我认为，根源可能已被损坏的repotting exersize 。 任何人都可以提出任何意见，如何恢复工厂损坏的根源。
  非常感谢
  罗素

  您的叶子正遭受移植休克。 最重要的事情不是很强调植物和时间应该收回。 我将削减茎高达1 / 2 ，这样的根源并不需要这么多的支持顶端生长和有机会重生。 可以肯定的土壤以及排水，不要让植物缺水了。 既然你有新的增长和他们沉重的饲养，受精，拥有1 / 2的力量20-20-20以刺激经济增长。 保持植物略有阴影区，直到新的增长特权，然后移到阳光充足的位置。

• 凯利

  2007年11月10号在下午9点42分 回复

  评论对植物及园艺技巧，为主题：叶子护理
  我只想说，这些职位约叶子已如此帮助我。 我把我的boug 。 在冬季，失去它的叶子和干涸。 我发现这个网站上，而寻找资料，该怎么做的，并已经发现我的回答只是通过阅读其他人的职位。 感谢您对这样一个美好的信息资源，抚！

• 焦油状杰克逊

  07年11月12号在上午11时47分 引

  种植三角梅
  我住以西30英里的Fulshear休斯顿得克萨斯州地区。 在11月初'07 ，我已经购买了8美丽的红色Bouganvillea植物已经培训了树的形式。 从6方呎至3英尺高地。 他们是在良好的健康状况和开花。 他们currentlly在大型塑料容器我购买他们在IE中， 65 ， 35和二十加仑容器每树的大小。 我想他们在工厂的院子里充分太阳。 种植者告诉我使用超级磷酸盐和石灰，以消除碱性土壤在这一领域的治疗洞种植。 种植者位于超过100英里的我。 两个问题。 如何准确，我去治疗洞种植和我应该等到春季移植它们在地面在这种气候区。 我仍然有他们的动产国家在花盆。 任何提示，保护我的投资赞赏。

  叶子是哈中Fulshear ，美国得克萨斯（区9 ） 。 如果种植户外：叶子像略有酸性土壤的pH值为5.5-6.0 。 不知您的土壤pH值是，我要足够大的洞挖每个植物组合在某些有机堆肥（这将提供的某些营养物质） 。 可以肯定的土壤以及排水。 航天他们36-60 “除。 水的植物，并添加根刺激，如过磷酸钙，以鼓励新的根系生长。 让他们在干方后，成立。 由于叶子的霜冻敏感的，您可能会得到一些冬季叶植物下降或死亡后完全如果天气太冷。 植物南部隔离墙，并确保保护植物时代时跌破40F 。 最好是等到春天的植物，以便它们可以有一个全年的增长建立良好的根系过冬。 石灰是用来增加土壤中的pH值。 所以，如果你有一个酸性土壤的pH值为5.0 ，那么你可以购买石灰提高pH值。

• 李

  2007年12月15号在下午4时27 引

  我住在多伦多，带来了我的2 bougs和白色苞片已关闭的一些诀窍。 我怎么知道什么颜色，他们都应该是，他们被卖帐。 我可以改变颜色？ 或加剧呢？

  有几个品种是白色，这可能是你买。 你不能改变颜色，他们就可能有轻微的颜色作为苞片成熟。

• 李

  2008年2月11号在上午06时55 引

  我住在新加坡，拥有2盆桔植物叶子在我的阳台。 他们得到健康的日照量，但没有增长以及最近。 尽管施肥和修剪，新叶出来wrinkly和继续下去，即使它们壮大规模。 我不知道这是一个问题，过度浇水，或是否有错误（没有白点迄今虽然） 。 请告知！

  失真的新的经济增长通常是由几个因素;蚜虫，蓟马，病毒，抗除草剂或乙烯损伤。 检查您的工厂密切合作，为昆虫。 还有一种黄瓜花叶病毒 ，导致叶片成为歪曲和斑驳。

• 苏珊

  2008年2月17日在下午3时46 引

  我住在默特尔比奇sc.I我bougainvilles在一锅 。 时，可我谨以我厂厂外的地上。 我想是爬在我的围栏。 还什么类型的地面应。 干或湿。 感谢你苏珊

  您好苏珊
  Bougainvilleas是哈中区第9和行动 。默特尔比奇是在区8 。 将冻结及模具，如果气温下降到30 F在冬季。 其最大的增长他们在集装箱内，将他们在室内（车库）为保护在冬季。 有些人可能有运气的增长在一个小厂的情况下得到保护，但可以是危险的，一个硬盘冻结和您的工厂已经死了。 请与您的邻居，了解他们是否越来越bougs成功。 他们需要一个沙质土壤排水良好，保持在干方与民。 5小时充分太阳。

• 丽莎

  2008年2月19号在上午11时26分 引

  叶子护理
  我在佛罗里达州奥兰多。 盆栽叶子花是我的美丽，直到开花霜冻。 我移动到我的车库为寒冷的夜晚，但它仍然下降了很多的花和叶子。 现在，花是回来了，但叶子似乎没有。 如果我只是离开单独，或施肥，或修剪，或什么？

  叶下降是一个典型的针对低温。 冬季损坏如果您仍然想享受鲜花离开。 这将releaf时暖和了。 如果植物看起来straggly削减它备份到1 / 2的干获得bushier和充分的植物。 剪枝春季萌芽前施肥和新的增长点时开始。

• TRISH戴恩斯

  2008年3月1日在下午12时四十七 引

  我住在西班牙，现在有一个公寓的花园。 土壤粘土。 我们的邻国有几个叶子是只有2岁和繁荣，并充分花的花园，即使获得同样涝象我们。 我已经买了6个叶子，但两个月后，他们已经下降所有鲜花和树叶，所有的左边是三英尺源于每个工厂。
  我该怎么办呢？ 我将不胜感激任何意见。
  这是最好的网站，我碰到后几天和几周的搜索。
  Trish

  您好Trish
  该粘土可能有问题，因为它不流失迅速，将举行水更长的时间。 Bougainvilleas就像一个快速流失土壤太多的水可以杀死植物。 你可以修改增加土壤有机物质，如泥炭，堆肥等或植物他们提出在床将提供更好的排水系统。 Eventhough ，土壤期待你的邻居一样，它可能不是相同的，他们的工厂建立。 您的新种植三角梅需要时间来再生新根和适应新的环境。 在此期间，他们将减少其叶子和花的根源，因为不能提供所有的树叶。 他们也有一种倾向，减少叶片在冬天，由于较低的光线条件和更低的温度。 当天气暖和了（以上50F ） ，降息后的1 / 3 。 一旦他们在气温发芽，饲料与1 / 2的力量20-20-20或芙蓉fertizlier让工厂开始。 希望这会有所帮助。 克里斯

• 马西

  2008年3月15日在上午07时37分 引

  叶子照顾。 我住在加州圣迭戈。 我国bourgainvillea正在吃的东西，也许是所谓的叶子尺蠖 。什么具体是最好的治疗？

  活套的叶子通常称为蠕动是一种褐色或绿色卡特彼勒1 “长。 这是很难发现，因为它模仿干和饲料在夜间。 蛾卵上奠定其底部的叶片。 这是卡特彼勒吃的方式从投标笋到扇形叶子边缘造成的树叶。 除了变形的工厂不会杀它。 最安全的方式对待它是苏云金杆菌（ Bt ）的销售Dipel或楝。 这两个控件将杀死活套了伤害任何与益虫。 喷涂在傍晚时，他们正在积极地喂养。

• 丹耶

  2008年3月27日在上午04时42分 引

  喂，

  我住在法国马赛，并会向工厂一些Bougainvilleas进入土壤。 是否有行，如果我使用网格或pergola支持，是该植物风维持？ 我们有强风相当频繁。
  谢谢你，坦尼娅

  您好坦尼娅，
  叶子花的一种广受欢迎的植物在法国南部。 阿pergola或网格将是一个巨大的支持木质拐杖，能够爬上40英尺。 他们应该与立场多风条件，但如果您想确保安全的一些拐杖的pergola当他们开始增长。

• 朱莉罗马诺

  2008年4月20号在上午02点 51 分 回复

  我住在苏格兰，我有我的bougainvilla在温室，我注意到，有褐色斑点小的红棕色肤色绕点叶子我一直在做的护理指示告诉我，请帮助？

  这听起来像一个叶斑病是谭与红色利润和所造成的真菌或细菌。 这很难说哪一个。 高湿度，浇水通常是间接的罪魁祸首。
  删除被感染的叶片，使植物更空气流通，以便它能够干。 http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/pathology/pathcirc/pp343.pdf

• W布朗

  2008年4月21日在下午12时48 引

  修剪叶子

  我刚才得到了叶子大约4英尺高的鹿有直呼很不是味儿。 我可以将它下降了约一半，这将是会在外面我一壶前门充分太阳。 这将需要repotting因为它是从一个巨大的熔炉，而不是做得很好。 我住在南部的不列颠哥伦比亚省这样的天气是相当温和的。 （迄今为止）

  是的，很难修剪（高达1 / 2 ）可以做到在春季开始之前，新的经济增长。 它也可以开花后修剪和捏在生长季节形成植物。 修剪也将有助于该工厂时，其repotted调整。

• 迪伊

  2008年4月28日在下午5点23 引

  我住在雅典格鲁吉亚和刚刚购买了4 挂boug 。 篮子 。的时代理应下降到44和42在未来的夜。 我应该把篮子进入停车场或他们会确定在这些时代？ I don’t want them to lose their blooms - they are beautiful right now and we are having warms days.

  Don’t tempt fate. At 44F, bougainvillea will survive but the flowers may drop off. Store them in the garage until the weather warms up.

• Claire

  May 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am · Reply

  I have a pink bougainvillea but i live in Glasgow, Scotland. the Weather is normally cold and wet. I do not have a garden but my kitchen gets allot of sunlight. It was fine for a week but the pink leaves are falling off. any ideas of what i should do??

  HI Claire
  I need a bit more info. Is this a new plant that you just recently purchased?

  Yes. only had it about 2 weeks now. its quite small but had a bunch of pink flowers at the top and the bottom. all of the bottom flowers have fallen off and a few of the top ones. i live in a flat so there is no option of me putting it outside.

  Hi again
  The problem is that bougainvillea needs lots of sun(6-8 hrs) and warmth to bloom and thrive. It was most likely grown in a perfect greenhouse environment and now is in a lower light and cooler climate. It is adjusting to this new environment by dropping its flowers. Frankly, it will be a challenge to it grow indoors as they thrive much better if allowed an outdoor summer vacation. Keep it in the sunniest window, let it dry out between waterings(don’t overwater) and fertilize once a month with a balanced fertilizer. I hope it proves me wrong and grows magnificently.

• Ronna

  May 12th, 2008 at 4:10 pm · Reply

  I have a bougainvillea that is a couple of months old, showing new growth, but with the new leaves have black spots (small black raised dots, looking like bugs), as well as beige colored flakes sprinkled all over the stamen and leaves???? What is it?

  Can you scrape off the “raised dots” if so, you may have scale. Black spots can also be a leaf spots.

  Yes, and they are definitely tiny bugs. When I scraped them, they came off easily and are dark green, but also there are light green ones, which I couldn’t detect until I scraped them off.

  It sounds like scale. The lighter ones are juvenile stage which are difficult to detect. You should also have some sticky residue on some of the leaves or stems. See scale for treatment suggestions.

• Gary Christie

  May 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm · Reply

  I have 2 Bougainvillea vines in red that are about 4 feet tall. I originally was going to train them to be on a trellis, but cannot do that. Can I train them to be bushes and use in the landscape that way? Thank you

  Yes, they can be trained to grow bushy. The best time for heavy pruning ( cutting off 3/4 of the plant) is late fall or early spring. You can trim it throughout the growing season especially after the blooming cycle.

• Melissa Hebert

  May 31st, 2008 at 10:41 am · Reply

  I live in Dallas and have a beautiful fuschia boug that I take in the garage every winter. It bounces back in the spring and looks great all summer. This spring it was magnificent until the first hot day in the low 90s. Knowing it needs to be a bit stressed, I was watering every 2 days and had given it 3-month food about a month ago. (It also sits in direct sun.) After the first hot day (when several of my petunias wilted and died), it dropped all of its flowers. It still has leaves. Will it bloom again? What can I do to prompt more blooming? Is this normal?

  Hi Melissa
  To much of a good thing can also be stressfull. Your bougainvillea couldn’t cope with a sudden heat and sun and dropped its flowers. Also keep in mind that stressing it is keeping it root-bound and letting the plant dry-out between watering. Too much water will encourage more foliage instead of flowers. It may stop blooming for a few weeks but should begin to rebloom on new growth.

• Sheridan Sansegundo

  June 21st, 2008 at 3:09 pm · Reply

  THRIPS
  I live in Mexico and have various different bougainvilleas. I have discovered that they are all infected by thrips, as are most other bougainvilleas in neighboring gardens. How can I get rid of them and will they kill the plants? Sheridan Sansegundo

  HI Sheridan
  Thrips will suck the juices out of flowers and new leaf shoots. They are attracted to blue flowers and can transmit viral disease. Other than disfiguring the plant it should not kill a healthy plant. To monitor for thrips, hang blue-colored sticky traps by the plant. Yellow traps will also work by are not as effective.
  A spray that contains spinosad (Conserve) is a biologically,safe organic insect killer which you can spray directly on the flowers and leaf buds. It works by contact and by injestion and will not harm most beneficial insects or predatory mites.
  A systemic such as Orthene will give you long term control. Orthene is not environmentally friendly since it will kill all insects even beneficial ones.Extreme caution should be used during application.

• natalie

  July 7th, 2008 at 9:15 am · Reply

  I received a bougainvillea hanging basket for mothers day and it was beautiful then. But, it hasn’t had many new blooms. Just a bunch of long spindly branches with old spiky shoots on them. Do I cut the whole branch back, or just the spikes?

  Hi Natalie
  It may be that your bougainvillea basket is not getting enought sun or fertilizer to bloom. They are heavy feeders and can use 1/2 strength balanced fertilizer every two weeks. Keep the plant slightly on the dry side- the stress will encourage it to bloom. Since bougainvillea bloom on new growth, cut the spindly branches up to a 1/3 or pinch back the spiky shoots lightly to promote new growth and additional bloom. After pruning, it should rebloom within a few weeks.

• Jann Mays

  July 8th, 2008 at 5:18 am · Reply

  In the postings, it is suggested using 1/2 strength fertilizer to boost growth of the bracts/flowers on Bougainvillea. At one point, 10-10-10 was noted and at another 20-20-20 was noted. So, does this mean taking a 20-20-20 solution and dilute it by half according to the package directions? ie, 1/2 t instead of 1 t to gallon of water? Thanks.

  Yes, a 20-20-20 formula is twice as potent as the 10-10-10.

• Tammy Seaquist

  July 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pm · Reply

  I live in northeastern Oregon and purchased a bougainvillea and the leaves are yellowing and falling off. The blooms are beautiful. What do I do? Thank you

  Hi Tammy
  You may be overwatering the plant. It likes to be on the dry side. Other symptoms of leaf drop are under-watering,m low light and cold temperatures.

• La Tanya

  July 9th, 2008 at 1:20 pm · Reply

  I have 2 bougs vines on each post of my pergola, in late spring they were doing great beautiful dark green leaves and loads of fuschia blooms, now one of the vines is doing bad, it’s leaves are turning yellow and no blooms. I live in zone 9 and they get full sun. I water and feed both of them the same. I have loam soil over the clay. Why is one of them doing bad? Thank you

  Hi La Tanya
  Yellowing leaves can indicate too much water. My guess would be that since the soil is loam over clay there may be a drainage problem. When the roots grow and reach further down into the soil, they may be in the clay soil that has a tendency to retain water. It may be that one side of the pergola has more clay than the other. Try watering less and make sure your fertilizer includes micronutrients such as magnesium and iron which are common defieciencies that can also cause new growth yellow leaves. For older yellow leaves give the plant epsom salt 1-2tsp/gal of water.

• John Etling

  July 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm · Reply

  I received an old Bonsai Bougainvillea today and when it was unpacked, found only a few (under 5) leaves attached. The entire tree, save the 5 leaves is bare. It is mid-summer here in SW PA. I watered the plant and placed it in a moderately sunny location. What do I need to do to promote new leaves, if anything.

  Hi John
  Bougainvillea will drop its leaves in low light. The sunny location and moderate watering will encourage new growth. When you see new growth fertilize it every 10 days to two weeks with a hibiscus fertilizer or a balanced fertilizer (10-10-10) with micronutrients. Follow directions on the package.

• Deb

  July 20th, 2008 at 9:28 am · Reply

  i have a boug tree & want to transplant to another location in the yard, when is a good time of the year to do this? It is on the south side now,but does not get enough sun,I want to put it on the north side where it will get more sun.

  Hi Deb
  It needs full sun to bloom best. The best time to move this tropical plant is in the spring before new growth starts or in the fall when its done blooming or goes dormant. Take care when moving it, the delicate fibrous roots don’t like to be disturbed and are easily damaged.

• Rebeca Gregoire

  July 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 am · Reply

  I brought two very small Bougainvillea plants back to Massachusetts with me, planted them in full sun, in a large pot, and gave them some plant food and a little manure. They have grown like crazy in two months, and are nearly ten times their original size with huge, lush, dark green leaves. The problem is that there is not a single fuschia flower on it. It’s growing so well, but why no flowers? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Your bougainvillea is soo happy with all those nutrients that it grows and grows but does not want to make flowers. Its possible that it has too much fertilizer and water. They also like to be pot-bound before blooming. To get them to bloom- keep them on the dry side , let it dry-out close to the point of wilting between water and don’t fertilize. Hopefully, it will stress them enough to bloom.

• Deborah

  August 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm · Reply

  I bought a bougainvillea and live in Vancouver, BC Canada. Can I leave it outside for the winter? We do not have harsh winters but they get cold. How could I leave it outside for the winter?

  Hi Deborah
  Bougainvilleas are hardy in zone 9-11 sometimes zone 8. It will tolerate temperatures as cool as 30-40 degrees for a short period of time but will need protection. During a cold spell it will drop all its leaves or worse freeze and die. If you want to leave it outdoors, plant it on the south side of the house and cover it with 4-6 inches of mulch for the winter and hope it survives. You can also store the plant dormant in a garage .

• Lynne B.

  August 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm · Reply

  I live in San Diego CA and have 3 boug vines espaliered on a wall. They are 30 yrs. old. For the past 2 years the central plant has dropped its leaves, new growth appears, then drops while immature. The leaf surface appears ‘bumpy’. The adjacent plants are healthy and vigorous. We sprayed with Spinnosad. Deep watered. No joy. To break this cycle we recently cut the plant back to bare trunks. Any idea what is happening?

  Hi Lynne
  You might want to examine the “bumps” on the leaves closer. Can they be scraped off? If so, your bougainvillea may have scale which may need several treatments

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• Lynne B.

  August 21st, 2008 at 2:39 pm · Reply

  Thanks for the feedback. Not scale. The leaves are thin and slightly ‘wavy’, they lack substance and retain the light green/bronze of new growth instead of darkening and maturing. Rather as if the plant is unable to create healthy leaves. Invisible sucking insect or a virus? Lynne

  Hi Lynne
  It’s hard to say what the problem is. My guess would be either a virus or a nutrient deficiency. Give the plant a light feeding of a balanced fertilizer with micronutrients included. It may help alleviate the problem.

• Matthew

  September 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pm · Reply

  I live in Palm Springs, CA (desert) with no gardening experience. I just returned from a two week trip. Most of my boug’s new growth leaves have been munched. Also, there is some fine webbing on some leaves and there was a lot of black soot on the pavement below. I haven’t detected bougainvillea looper when I looked close, but that’s what it probably is. Can you confirm? I didn’t know if it was something else because of the webbing and all the black soot on the ground. Thanks.

  Hi Matthew
  It does sound like the bougainvillea looper . Look underneath the leaves. They feed at night and hide during the day camouflaging as stems. The black “soot” is looper excrement and webbing is when they pupate and turn into moths. BT works on young caterpillars and Spinosad is more effective on adult caterpillars.

• Michelle Young

  September 4th, 2008 at 9:20 am · Reply

  I live in Colorado and was given a Boug hanging plant in May. It lost all of it’s leaves and flowers, but came back incredibly beautiful throughout the entire summer. Now there are white spots on the pink flowers. They just look like colorless areas on the flowers. What could this be? Also, I would love to keep it alive throughout the winter in this area, what would I do?
  Michelle in Greeley, Colorado

  Are you overhead spraying the flowers with water? Are the spots fuzzy? Are the spots turning brownish? Are they just on the flower bracts and not the leaves?

• el filar

  September 20th, 2008 at 10:43 am · Reply

  I live in southwest florida. When should I prune, fertilize and water the bougainvillea ? Thank you.

  The best time to prune your bougainvillea is right after flowering or at the start of the rainy season. They can take light pruning all season long. Major hard pruning should be in the spring. You can feed it with a 1/2 strength ferilizer such as 20-20-20 or high bloom fertilizer like Hibiscus food every month if grown in a container or give it light feedings 3x are year. Careful not to overfertilize esp. Nitrogen or you won’t get flowers. Keep your plant slightly on the dry side to promote blooming. The soil should not be soogy and allowed to dry before watering again especially in winter.

  http://hendry.ifas.ufl.edu/HCHortNews_Bougainvillea.htm

• Charlie

  September 25th, 2008 at 10:55 am · Reply

  TRANSPLANTING BOUGAINVILLEA
  I need help!

  I recently replanted two bouganvillea’s from a pot into the ground in my Los Angeles garden. There were two plants in the same pot which I separated and planted in different spots. After a week in the ground neither are looking very happy and I’m worried I damaged the root ball’s when replanting them. I’m hoping there is something I can do to rescue these???? Any help would surely be appreciated - It is so sad seeing these once bountiful plants looking so droopy…. Thanks in advance.
  Charlie

  Hi Charlie
  Give them a little more time. Your bougainvilleas are going through transplant shock and need time to heal. Disturbing the roots and perhaps a different light exposure is enough to cause the plants to wilt. The damaged roots need to rebuild so that they can send up moisture to the leaves. Best thing you can do at this time is to give the plant a little shade and prune back the stems by at least 1/3 that way the roots will have less foliage to support. Once it stops sulking it should start to put on new growth.

• Charlie

  September 25th, 2008 at 5:01 pm · Reply

  Thank you - Will try both of those things. Sun umbrella’s are going up for my sensitive bougainvilleas.

• Linda

  September 27th, 2008 at 6:06 pm · Reply

  I purchased a small bougainvillea plant during the early spring, it is blooming and grown very well as a container plant; however, I live in Zone 7. Since it is quite a large pot I am reluctant to to move it to my garage. Do you have any alternative ways that I can frost proof it instead?

  HI Linda
  To winterize your bougainvillea just like mandevilla: They tolerate temperatures 30-40 F and then will drop their leaves and go dormant. Wrap the container with insulation and cut the plant back by 1/2 if needed. Once the leaves fall will off after a frost, mulch the top of the soil(4″) to protect the roots. Survival will depend on the severity of cold temperatures.

• Adina

  October 6th, 2008 at 3:46 pm · Reply

  Hello,
  I live in Fort Lauderdale, FL and I have a beautiful Bougainvillea that I planted about one and a half years ago. It had blooms on it when I planted it. It has grown over eight feet high and vines over beautifully, lush and healthy. It has not bloomed since the initial flowers fell off. My neighbor has the same colored Bougainvillea and it blooms a lot. I know that they do not like much water, so the only water it gets is when it rains, which it does a lot during our rainy season (but still does not bloom during the dry season). I cannot understand why mine and my neighbor’s are both outside, get the same rain, but mine does not bloom. I love the color and planted it with love to bloom. Please help!

  HI Adina
  Perhaps your bougainvillea is getting too much love. They bloom better under stressfull conditions (dry). Wet conditions will stimulate lots of green growth and no flowers. It may be getting less sun than your neighbor’s bougainvillea . Your soil may be too rich with nutrients or not drain as well(holding moisture longer) as your neighbors. Too much fertilizer or nutrients will produce more green growth and no flowers. When fertilizing - use a high-bloom fertilizer (higher phosphorus). Bougainvillea bloom on new growth try cutting it back in the spring before new growth starts to stimulate blooming. If all fails ask your neighbor what she/he is doing.

• Dave Crombie

  October 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pm · Reply

  We have a villa in the Algarve, Portugal where there is a beautiful purple mature (at least 20 years old) bougainvillea .
  This year the leaves have developed a white sticky powder and many of the branches appear lifeless, it is a sorry sight.
  Has anyone come across this problem and is there a solution.

  Hi Dave
  It’s possible that your bougainvillea has powdery mildew that caused the white powder. In addition if you have clear sticky areas then check for insect infestation such as scale.

• Michele

  November 29th, 2008 at 1:00 am · Reply

  Wintering bougainvillea

  Hi I live in Albuquerque, NM and have three beautiful bougs. All are quite big and are planted in large pots. I’ve heard about taking them in for the winter so they won’t freeze. So my question is, do I just store them in my garage (zero light) until spring or do they need light during their dormant period? Thanks for your help!

  Hi Michele
  You can store your bougainvillea in the garage. When you stop watering the plant, it will drop its leaves and induce dormancy. It does not need light during this time. Check the soil about once a month for moisture and water lightly just enough to keep it from drying out completely. Bougainvillea can tolerate dry soil more than other wintering tropicals so err on the dry side. Once temperatures warm up and danger of cold has passed, it will begin to sprout. Move the plant outdoors to sun, prune unruly branches or to shape the plant and fertilize.

• Theresa

  January 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pm · Reply

  I live in Los Angeles and was just gifted with a potted bougainvillea . I want to put in the ground, but I’m not sure when. One (SoCal focused) book said June, but it seems that after the danger of frost would be okay to plant? I am worried about keeping it in a small pot for too long.

  Hi Theresa
  Plant your bougainvillea after all danger of frost has passed in your area and night time temperatures are in the low 50’s.

• Sharon Bertsch

  January 18th, 2009 at 7:17 pm · Reply

  I live in Florida and have a beautiful bougainvillea that is planted in the ground ..it was so woody and too big so I had it pruned back to about 4 inches and its starting to get good growth but I would like to train it to be more tree like than bushy..please advise..thank you Sharon

  It is a slow process and may not be easy with an older well established plant. To train bougainvillea into a tree form, you will need to choose a healthy thick branch and elliminate all others. The roots will channel all nutirents to the main stem. Train(wire) the branch to grow up on a straight pole and trim away any new growth that may sprout on the main stem leaving only the top growth. You can also pinch the top growth to attain a bushier shape. You will have to cut away any additional sprouts that the plant will send out from the ground.

• Susan Brown

  February 3rd, 2009 at 9:17 am · Reply

  I live in Phoenix, AZ and have just bought my first potted Boug. It was gorgeous at the garden center but after only a week, the pink bracts are starting to dried out and have brown edges. It gets full sun most of day and is on our drip system. The soil seems moist but not wet. What could be going wrong so fast? Thanks..Susan

  Hi Susan
  I suspect that the plant is being overwatered with your drip system. Let the plant dry out between waterings. Bougainvilleas prefer their soil on the dry side

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• Laurin

  February 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm · Reply

  I bought my boug last spring and it only gave me a few blooms. Through the advise that I read here, I brought it in over the winter, leaves fell but surprised to see some blooms. I placed it by the door where it gets full sun. Can you recommend a good fertilizer brand to encourage more blooms. When is the best time to bring it out in the spring?

  Hi Laurin
  Wait till spring when night temperatures are 50’s to bring it outside or danger of frost is passed. Start fertilizing with a 10-10-10 or a hibiscus fertilizer when new growth begins. You may also want to prune it to maintain a shapely plant.

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