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General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: Chinook on May 11, 2008, 09:01:35 AM

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: Chinook on May 11, 2008, 09:01:35 AM

No matter how carefully we cut off the tin can and keep the rootball whole before planting the leaves and flowers die off within days and the plant never seems to recover - at best producing a few small leaves the following year. Anyone know what we are doing wrong or how to prune to produce growth and flowers? At least we have the consolation of looking at a particularly fine specimen in our neighbours garden

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: KKOB on May 11, 2008, 09:51:30 AM

Sounds like you've got a problem with your soil.

Buy another one and keep it in it's tin. You can always surround the tin with wood or stone, or drop it in a large pot to disguise it. It'll also help to stop the tin conducting heat from direct sunlight and cooking the roots.

In Kaya we can only grow the purple ones. The others are killed by the winter frosts. In the spring we wait for the first new shoots to appear and then cut back all the dead wood to the fresh growth.

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: bob on May 11, 2008, 09:51:36 AM

we left ours in the can put lots of large holes in it no problem we must just be luckey

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: Chinook on June 07, 2008, 23:39:45 PM

Belatedly thanks for the advice.The soil I do not believe to be a problem as it supports abundant growth of other flowers shrubs and fruit trees - it gets fertilized with goat droppings every year. We too have successfully kept a number of plants in their containers and disguised them in the way suggested so I'll probably take your advice and leave the nextone in its tin can.

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: puma on June 08, 2008, 11:26:59 AM

the gardeners who planted ours left them in the tin and they have grown like mad

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: amanda bullock on June 08, 2008, 17:41:03 PM

i want to put one near our gate  at the apartment.do you just dig a hole and bury the tin then?Do you have to protect the roots?

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: KKOB on June 08, 2008, 17:48:33 PM

Who's gonna water it ?

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: amanda bullock on June 08, 2008, 20:33:07 PM

our new maintenance man......HA.xxx

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: puma on June 08, 2008, 21:16:31 PM

make some holes in the tin first

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: doll on June 09, 2008, 07:39:41 AM

i have just planted one it was great in the tin not dropped a flower head
then planted in the ground and it looks dead but dont worry
its just a shock to the roots system, it will grown again later.(fingers crossed).

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: milliemars on June 21, 2008, 15:58:21 PM

I am so pleased I have just read this section I did,nt know what to do with mine but now I do thanks so much to you all.

Title: Planting Bouganvillias
Post by: poppet on July 22, 2008, 11:52:29 AM

Thank you for all the tips, as I have the same problem - plenty of leaf but no flowers, I took mine out of the tin and planted it in a ceramic pot. will know what to do next time