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Posts: 28 06-05-08 09:58 |
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.. 
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Established Tree
Posts: 6279 06-05-08 10:15 Established Tree |
pssst Ray don't be surprised if someone moves you out of the veg plot to snippets. Sorry that is not a plant that we grow up here in the now hot land of
the snow and ice.
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Plug Plant
Posts: 29 06-05-08 10:16 |
Ops!
This should have been posted in another forum 
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Plug Plant
Posts: 30 06-05-08 10:25 |
Realized my mistake - and was begging for forgiveness Lynne. But you beat me to the punch
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Established Tree
Posts: 6280 06-05-08 11:05 Established Tree |
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.
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Posts: 20258 06-05-08 13:14 Retired Auctioneer |
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. 
I reckon your best bet in here might be Scotty, who has a few of them - see here. 
There's also a bit of a Bougainvillea owners' convention here - pity Paulina's not been around for a while; I bet she'd know. 
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Herbaceous Perennial
Posts: 624 06-05-08 15:59 Flowering Annual |
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.
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Posts: 123 06-05-08 23:33 |
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 with sending you a rooted one, i'm happy to try. I have sent plants to my friend in Switzerland, some have survived and some not. That
goes for everyone in RG's...i' happy to try and help you obtain warm climate plants. Which one are you trying to
'root' Ray?
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Plug Plant
Posts: 34 07-05-08 09:37 |
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 Euro 30 each! I wanted to buy a forest of them 
Thanx for the offer to ship rooted plants, but let's wait 2 years and see what happens.... 
I think we've read the same books Scotty,  Guess I'll just have to try the old plant-and-wait game. Nice pictures of your 'Bourgs' that
Pauline sent me. I know they grow like weeds down where you are - I am really envious...
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Posts: 627 07-05-08 14:23 Flowering Annual |
Ray,
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Posts: 20267 07-05-08 15:09 Retired Auctioneer |
That's amazing! What a difference in only a year. Whatever you're doing, Scotty, it's sure producing results.
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Posts: 9135 07-05-08 18:02 Established Tree |
Wow now that is really really stunning Scotty!!!!!
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Posts: 36 07-05-08 20:33 |
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.... 
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Posts: 130 07-05-08 21:31 |
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 my arms from cutting down bouganvillia,they get unbelievably long thorns on them, and they cause me some sort of allergic reaction, and then i scratch and scratch. A beautiful plant, but one that doesn't like being touched, bless its little shy heart. Scotty....absolutely beautiful. They look far better than the one i have in Perth and the two i have down at the holiday house. I am paranoid about keeping them short (they get leggy fast here) so i don't have a big cut down job. I never thought i would say that about any plant, my garden is a riot of mad plants, but this plant i am very very afraid of, due to past fights, but i love looking at yours........ from a distance  which is a shame, but twenty times bitten, very very shy.
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Posts: 38 08-05-08 12:39 |
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?
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Posts: 137 08-05-08 15:56 |
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 it's by my front door, i'm so proud of it. So far not one person has asked what it is...how sad is that? Sometimes you just have to prove you can do
something, so i'm with you all the way. Keep us informed as to the progress...well if you know of course.  
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Posts: 25794 10-05-08 16:17 Auctioneer
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So I really just trying to prove the pundits wrongYou 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 
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Posts: 20293 11-05-08 23:05 Retired Auctioneer |
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.
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Posts: 3639 11-05-08 23:55 Established Tree |
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. 
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Posts: 647 12-05-08 06:36 Flowering Annual |
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%.
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Posts: 20296 12-05-08 09:50 Retired Auctioneer |
Thanks, Scotty - they're thirstier than I thought.
And I say, Rich - well done that man!
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