South American blossoming beauty bougainvillea is able to transform the territory of the country plot, and any apartment with its presence. There are different kinds of this evergreen plant of the family niggin: small trees, creeping shrubs and curly creepers. Growing bougainville can not be called difficult, you just need to know some rules.
We create in the house conditions for bougainvillea
Bougainvillea flower pretends to care at home, but not very troublesome. Bougainvillea room requires a bright and even sunny place in the growing season, a few hours in the sun this flower will benefit. In spring and summer, if possible, bougainvillea should be moved to fresh air, the balcony is ideal. Temperatures from 22 ° C to 30 ° C will be quite comfortable for the plant. In a rest period, on the contrary, it is better to move bougainvillea to a darkened area of the room or into a room with low temperatures from 7 ° C to 12 ° C. Irrigation of this South American requires abundant, it is impossible that the land dries up, but you should not allow the stagnation of water, it can be detrimental to the plant.
Reproduction of bougainvillea
For the flower bougainvilla reproduction is better to plan for the end of spring early summer. There are two ways - propagation and propagation by air layers. For removal, select a young soft stem, bend it to the soil and fix it with a wire. When the roots of bougainvilleia take root, the new plant is separated. If used for bougainvillea propagation cuttings, the upper stem is cut off, the site of the cut is treated with a growth stimulant, the lower leaves are removed from it and the plant is planted in a mixture of peat and sand. Further it is important to create greenhouse conditions - cover the plant with a plastic bottle, polyethylene or glass jar and place it in a warm place. When bougainvillea takes root 3-4 weeks later, you can transplant it into a suitable pot.
Planting and transplantation
Bougainville loves well-drained and slightly alkaline soil. It is able to adapt to other conditions, but it may lose some of its attractiveness. A suitable substrate can be purchased in specialized stores, and it is possible to mix independently turf ground (main component), sand and peat (15% of the total weight). If the plant is young, it will require an annual spring transplant, if grown, the frequency of transplants can be reduced to 2-4 times a year. Pots can be different - in a narrow plant it blossoms better, in spacious broader it develops better.
Cutting bougainvillea
An important part of caring for a plant is pruning, bougainvillaea easily takes interesting shapes if this is paid attention. Crop the plant in spring and autumn. In spring, do not delay with pruning, it should be done as early as possible. In autumn, on the contrary, before you cut off bougainvillea, wait until it completely fades. Shoots on which there were flowers, it is necessary to cut half, so that next year the plant is pleased with the lush flowering.
Diseases and pests
Pests attack bugenvillia quite infrequently, if aphids or mealy mildew have settled on it, you can get rid of them with the help of special insecticides. More often, bougainville suffers from poor conditions or stress. For example, if suddenly bougainville dropped the leaves, it is possible that the rules of watering are not observed. This is the normal behavior of the flower with a lack or excess of moisture, once the water balance is restored, the plant will return to normal. Another reason for dropping leaves can be a transplant, you just have to wait until bougainvilla adapts. If bougainvilla does not bloom, it is worth reviewing the temperature regime - either in the summer it's too cold, or in the winter it's unnecessarily warm. Also, the cause of dropping leaves and lack of flowering can be drafts, which this flower is very afraid of.