Page 34 - Waterfall City Issue 6 June 2024

Waterfall City Gardening

STYLE YOUR BOUGIE

Get the best from your Bougainvillea

T he bougainvillea is an all-time Styling and bougie training and are real show-stopping décor

elements.
Bougainvillea plants are essentially
favourite in the garden and never
creepers, but with nifty pruning, they
disappoints in the bold colour,
daring height, and textural
intrigue they bring to spaces. Get the can be trained to grow into several Top tip: Choose low-growing varieties
and experiment with hedging styles and
styles and shapes. Teach your bougies
best from your bougie this month with to grow into neat formal hedges using wall cover-ups. Remember to tie down
Life is a Garden’s insights on pruning mesh or wooden trellises. In smaller your bougies with string while still in
styles, container planting, fertilising, gardens, they can be controlled by training school.
indoor growing, caring tips and more. frequent pruning and even styled
into ball shapes called superballs or Pruning yays and nays
Planting tips for youngsters standards. Depending on the size of Pruning should be carried out once your
Available in red, purple/mauve, white, the ball or the height required, bold Bougainvillea has finished flowering. This
yellow, orange, magenta and many bougie columns can also be created encourages new growth upon which
shades of pink, bougainvilleas are simply
stunning but rather sensitive when
young. As an adolescent, bougies have
easily damageable, brittle root systems.
When planting, we recommend wetting
the soil thoroughly before transplanting
from the nursery bag or container. Do
not loosen the soil away from the roots
during this process to avoid transplant
shock, which really takes its toll on new
arrivals.

Top tip: Bougainvilleas love warm, sunny
spots with well-drained, rich, loamy
soil. They prefer infrequent but deep
watering.

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