Propagating Bourganvillia's

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:31:29 GMT

Thanks for the info Rich,

I too used gritty compost - but a rooting powder not a gel. Maybe there is a large difference between a heated propagator and a non-heated type (that I use) sitting on a window sil above a radiator?

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Rich) — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:55:05 GMT

I started it off in gritty compost and placed the pot inside one of those plastic boxes with a snap on lid that you see in the pound shops (or euro in your case). I then place it outside in a very shady place under the barbecue. When it got too cold I placed it into the heated propagator in my heated greenhouse.

I used hormone rooting gel, and watered it (on the rare occasions it needed watering) with either plain water or SuperThrive depending on my mood.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:10:46 GMT

Nice cutting Rich!

1. Did you put rooting powder on the cutting before you potted it?
2. Did you leave the cutting next to a window over Winter?

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (PaulineM) — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:50:20 GMT

Thanks, Scotty - they're thirstier than I thought.

And I say, Rich - well done that man!

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Scotty996) — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:36:39 GMT

I water mine every third day in the summer and not at all in the winter. With regards to pruning, I read somewhere but can't remember where, that they do not like to be pruned by more than 20%.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Rich) — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:55:29 GMT

I pruned mine back hard in October. I took a few softwood cuttings from the prunings.

I took this photo just now, and the roots are coming through the holes at the bottom of the pot. Ta-da.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (PaulineM) — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:05:44 GMT

A question for you successful Bougainvillea growers: assuming they're growing in the ground, do you water them and, if so, how often?

Mine don't seem to flower as well Bougs generally do, and I suspect it's because my MIL is adamant that they need watering every second day. I know there's not much soil where mine are planted, but it seems an awful lot of watering to me.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Kitty58) — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:17:54 GMT

So I really just trying to prove the pundits wrong

You go for it Ray and if PaulineM is going to let it stay in this forum I'm not going to move it

Stunning Scotty, just stunning

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Allyson) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:56:36 GMT

You go boy! Prove everyone wrong. Actually just find out how much patience you actually have eh!
I was told a few times i wouldn't be able to grow rhubarb in Perth. Well i found a plant at the local GC, bought it planted it, and it is small, nothing whatsoever like the stuff grown in colder climes, but it's there. I have since found a fellow gardener 70km south who is growing it. Better than mine, but not huge. But i'm proud of my little plant, and...

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:39:40 GMT

The #1 reason why I am trying to get cuttings to take is because everybody has told me it can't be done. Wuerzburg is too wet, too cold, not muggy enough etc. etc. So I really just trying to prove the pundits wrong.
You are right, the Bourgs I purchased in Spainy have huge thorns. Have yet to see one develop from the Bourg I got in Germany? Have a sneaky suspicion it is from one of the thousands of industrial greenhouses in Holland?

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Allyson) — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:31:54 GMT

I don't think i have ever seen a yellow Ray. Unusual for here i think. They look like an absolute bargain to me, if a euro is worth what i think it is worth...a bit less than a pound, is it, or a bit more? Either way a bargain. May i ask why you are trying to take cuttings....to pass on to friends, is all i can think of, because you would surely have to grow them in a greenhouse in Germany, wouldn't you, being frost tender?
I have permanent scares up both...

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:33:09 GMT

Scotty,

Those pictures are fantastic. I would kill to have a fence of Bourganville plants like yours..

Ally,

These are the plants I purchased that I'm trying to take cuttings of....

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:02:28 GMT

Wow now that is really really stunning Scotty!!!!!

Pens

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (PaulineM) — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:09:39 GMT

That's amazing! What a difference in only a year. Whatever you're doing, Scotty, it's sure producing results.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Scotty996) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:23:11 GMT

Ray,

Thought you might like to see the latest photos.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:37:58 GMT

Can't wait Ally! - like the wife always says "his built for speed - not comfort"

Actually, I have a purple 'glabra' that I purchased in a GC in Germany, and 3 red, yellow and white bourganvilla's that I picked up at a GC while visiting a friend in Spain 3 years ago. It was late September - and they were in a end-of-season sale. these monsters were over 2 meters high and going for 2...

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Allyson) — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:33:51 GMT

I believe Scotty is right Ray, and i tell you what ....be prepared to wait...and wait ....and wait. They will root (if they are going to of course) but it takes a long long time...into a year or more. I have personally never done it, as we can buy them cheap as chips from our local GC's but in the land Down Under it is a well known fact. How nurseries do it on a grand scale...no idea, maybe they just do masses and masses and wait also. If i can help you in anyway...

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (Scotty996) — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:38 GMT

Hello Ray, Never tried it personally but my books tell me that it is best using semi-ripe cuttings in summer or hard wood cuttings during the dormant period. Hope that helps.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (PaulineM) — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:14:15 GMT

Hmph. In my opinion this should be in ornamental gardening, but I'll let it pass. For now.

Ray, I can't even keep a Bougainvillea going outside Greece - have tried the odd one in a pot, with disastrous results. Even in Greece I've had the odd setback - next door's donkey ate most of one of mine before anyone spotted what the beast was doing.

Re: Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (LynneBee) — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:05:52 GMT

Its ok we allowa certain amount of mistakes from new folk Paulene or Pauline or Pip will leave a link here to which other forum they move you to.

Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:58:53 GMT

Hi all,

Has anybody had any luck with propagating Bourganvillia's? I tried with some softwood cuttings last year - they all died. Have not experimented with hardwood cuttings yet.
Would appreciate any advice or tips-n-tricks anybody has..