Bougainvillea Bonsai Shapes

There are also varieties with red pink orange yellow white or double bracts.

Bougainvillea bonsai shapes. Buy aluminium or copper wire from a garden or a hardware shop. The bougainvillea is an evergreen shrub little tree or thorny vine with little trumpet shaped flowers which grow in clusters of three and come with three pretty bright papery bracts most often magenta or purple colored. Use a wire which is 13 to 12 the thickness of the branch. The diameter of the round pot should roughly be equal to one third of the bonsai plants height.

This is a specimen of a mature red pixie bougainvillea bonsai tree. The most popular method of bonsai shaping is to use a copper or aluminium wire. Since then lime sulphur mentioned near the end is no longer recommended. By billy and carla rhodes bonsai society of brevard florida editors note.

This article was published in our june 2005 newsletter. The tree can adjust to an interior environment with proper care. A useful attribute in styling bonsai because it allows the individual the freedom to shape their bonsai in any form they wish. Bugainvillea shaping by wiring.

The depth of the pot should be equal to the diameter of the trunk of the bonsai plant. The bougainvillea takes well to pruning. It will reward you with a year round interest of spectacular rampant flowersthe shape is basicly set. Wring is a technique to make the bonsai plant to grow into the desired shape.

The stand is not included. Because bougainvillea generally blooms on new growth each branch as blooms begin to fade should be cut back to a point somewhat shorter than the desired length.