Hi, I have a 12 month old bouganvillia, "Vera Deep Purple" it was 6" high
when I got it, it has grown and flowered almost constantly, and is now 18"
tall. I have repotted it 3 months ago, it is kept in my conservatory, south
facing, and was very happy, full of flowers until we went on holiday, I took
it, with a few other smaller bourganvillia, to my neighbours house, same
south facing, but not in a conservatory, but full light by a window.

We were only away for a week, but all the bracts have fallen off, and the
plant looks very spindly and leggy, there are still leaves, but I cant see
any new bracts forming. I dont think it was overwatered, the soil was not
dry, but not sodden.

What do you think might be happening? is this normal for the plant to rest
like this. I haven't cut it back at all, or fed it. its in a 6 inch pot.
the other plants are fine, not flowering yet at all, a lot younger.

thanks

"Sheila" wrote in message
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Hi, I have a 12 month old bouganvillia, "Vera Deep Purple" it was 6" high
when I got it, it has grown and flowered almost constantly, and is now 18"
tall. I have repotted it 3 months ago, it is kept in my conservatory,
south
facing, and was very happy, full of flowers until we went on holiday, I
took
it, with a few other smaller bourganvillia, to my neighbours house, same
south facing, but not in a conservatory, but full light by a window.

We were only away for a week, but all the bracts have fallen off, and the
plant looks very spindly and leggy, there are still leaves, but I cant see
any new bracts forming. I dont think it was overwatered, the soil was not
dry, but not sodden.

What do you think might be happening? is this normal for the plant to
rest
like this. I haven't cut it back at all, or fed it. its in a 6 inch pot.
the other plants are fine, not flowering yet at all, a lot younger.

thanks


There are quite a few plants that object to being moved, I hadn't thought
however that Bougainvillea was one of them, (mine gets carted off to flower
shows from time to time when I am desperate for something in flower!)
However some Bougainvillea varieties do indeed have dormant periods between
flushes of flowers while others flower continuously, the former are
generally hardier than the latter. Avoid giving too much water while its
resting.

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cultivars

In reply to Sheila ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Hi, I have a 12 month old bouganvillia, "Vera Deep Purple" it was 6"
high when I got it, it has grown and flowered almost constantly, and
is now 18" tall. I have repotted it 3 months ago, it is kept in my
conservatory, south facing, and was very happy, full of flowers until
we went on holiday, I took it, with a few other smaller
bourganvillia, to my neighbours house, same south facing, but not in
a conservatory, but full light by a window.
We were only away for a week, but all the bracts have fallen off, and
the plant looks very spindly and leggy, there are still leaves, but I
cant see any new bracts forming. I dont think it was overwatered, the
soil was not dry, but not sodden.

What do you think might be happening? is this normal for the plant
to rest like this. I haven't cut it back at all, or fed it. its in a
6 inch pot. the other plants are fine, not flowering yet at all, a
lot younger.
Mine lives outside in a pot. It has done the same, but I know it will
recover.

They "like" stress. They bract more when they're potbound and too dry, when
the humidity is this high the stress levels lower and they bract less. Now
the pressure is up and the air dryer an improvement is quite visible in
mine, the leaves are wetter looking and the bracts are back, and the little
flowers inside are stronger.

I only know this cos when I got it I panicked and read about everything
there is to read about them. Marvellous plants.

Do you let bees etc in to your conservatory?

What colour is yours?

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Sheila ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Hi, I have a 12 month old bouganvillia, "Vera Deep Purple" it was 6"
high when I got it, it has grown and flowered almost constantly, and
is now 18" tall. I have repotted it 3 months ago, it is kept in my
conservatory, south facing, and was very happy, full of flowers until
we went on holiday, I took it, with a few other smaller
bourganvillia, to my neighbours house, same south facing, but not in
a conservatory, but full light by a window.
We were only away for a week, but all the bracts have fallen off, and
the plant looks very spindly and leggy, there are still leaves, but I
cant see any new bracts forming. I dont think it was overwatered, the
soil was not dry, but not sodden.

What do you think might be happening? is this normal for the plant
to rest like this. I haven't cut it back at all, or fed it. its in a
6 inch pot. the other plants are fine, not flowering yet at all, a
lot younger.
Mine lives outside in a pot. It has done the same, but I know it will
recover.

They "like" stress. They bract more when they're potbound and too dry,
when the humidity is this high the stress levels lower and they bract
less. Now the pressure is up and the air dryer an improvement is quite
visible in mine, the leaves are wetter looking and the bracts are back,
and the little flowers inside are stronger.

I only know this cos when I got it I panicked and read about everything
there is to read about them. Marvellous plants.

Do you let bees etc in to your conservatory?

What colour is yours?


thanks for that, how long do you keep it outside? how long have you had it,
and what size pot etc. I am going to read up about them as well, I am
really delighted with mine, I have since bought two others, an orange one,
and a white one, but neither has flowered yet, in fact the white one looks
distinctly withered, now its dried, I might take it outside, I thought it
might have been too hot in the conservatory, I kept them on the floor, out
of direct light.
hope the link below works, its the same variety and company as mine. I have
been thrilled with it, it has kept my conservatory smelling lovely!

http://www.rijnplant.nl/en/page.php?...type=producten

"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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There are quite a few plants that object to being moved, I hadn't thought
however that Bougainvillea was one of them, (mine gets carted off to
flower
shows from time to time when I am desperate for something in flower!)
However some Bougainvillea varieties do indeed have dormant periods
between
flushes of flowers while others flower continuously, the former are
generally hardier than the latter. Avoid giving too much water while its
resting.

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cultivars



thank you for the advice. I think perhaps she missed the light and heat,
although this friends house is kept warm, even in summer.

In reply to Sheila ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Sheila ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Hi, I have a 12 month old bouganvillia, "Vera Deep Purple" it was 6"
high when I got it, it has grown and flowered almost constantly, and
is now 18" tall. I have repotted it 3 months ago, it is kept in my
conservatory, south facing, and was very happy, full of flowers
until we went on holiday, I took it, with a few other smaller
bourganvillia, to my neighbours house, same south facing, but not in
a conservatory, but full light by a window.
We were only away for a week, but all the bracts have fallen off,
and the plant looks very spindly and leggy, there are still leaves,
but I cant see any new bracts forming. I dont think it was
overwatered, the soil was not dry, but not sodden.

What do you think might be happening? is this normal for the plant
to rest like this. I haven't cut it back at all, or fed it. its in
a 6 inch pot. the other plants are fine, not flowering yet at all, a
lot younger.
Mine lives outside in a pot. It has done the same, but I know it will
recover.

They "like" stress. They bract more when they're potbound and too
dry, when the humidity is this high the stress levels lower and they
bract less. Now the pressure is up and the air dryer an improvement
is quite visible in mine, the leaves are wetter looking and the
bracts are back, and the little flowers inside are stronger.

I only know this cos when I got it I panicked and read about
everything there is to read about them. Marvellous plants.

Do you let bees etc in to your conservatory?

What colour is yours?


thanks for that, how long do you keep it outside? how long have you
had it, and what size pot etc. I am going to read up about them as
well, I am really delighted with mine, I have since bought two
others, an orange one, and a white one, but neither has flowered yet,
in fact the white one looks distinctly withered, now its dried, I
might take it outside, I thought it might have been too hot in the
conservatory, I kept them on the floor, out of direct light.
hope the link below works, its the same variety and company as mine.
I have been thrilled with it, it has kept my conservatory smelling
lovely!
http://www.rijnplant.nl/en/page.php?...type=producten

Looks exactly like mine, except mine has grown to about 3'9" high up bean
sticks. I haven't had it out in the winter yet but I plan to, with some
bubble wrap round it and I MIGHT fit a tiny heater for the soil, if I have
to. Apparently they can withstand down to -5C for a VERY short while, but
shouldn't have prolonged temperatures of less than 5C. In Barcelona, Spain
(where I first fell for it) they are normally growing all over the place in
direct and very hot sunlight.

My pot is 9" terracotta but very deep, with a lot of crocks to drain it, and
with a fair bit of sand in the mix. I never water it, but nowadays you don't
need to :-) Overwatering SLIGHTLY is supposed to stress it into producing
bracts, too.

Best of luck with yours, I shall take a photo of mine and post it sometime
soon.

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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update;

I have moved her outside, and she is now showing little bracts...whew,
remember I had a white one I thought had died, well, its still looking
pretty ropey, leaves distinctly withered looking, but hasnt quite given up
the ghost yet, a leaf came off when I brought it back, so I just stuck it in
a pot, and its taken! so I might get something from it somehow. The orange
one is doing well, plenty of growth, but no flowers yet, I am going to have
to repot it today, and stake it.

I'm so sorry but I missed the earlier posts on this subject because I
deleted a large batch of old emails and didn't really check, first.

We have two bouganvillas, which we keep indoors and they don't do badly as
regards flowering but from this posting it seems that I ought to move them
outdoors and they might do better

Could I be a pain and ask if you could let me have a copy of whatever was
suggested.

I really do apologise for having to ask.

Regards,

John

"Sheila" wrote in message
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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update;

I have moved her outside, and she is now showing little bracts...whew,
remember I had a white one I thought had died, well, its still looking
pretty ropey, leaves distinctly withered looking, but hasnt quite given up
the ghost yet, a leaf came off when I brought it back, so I just stuck it
in a pot, and its taken! so I might get something from it somehow. The
orange one is doing well, plenty of growth, but no flowers yet, I am going
to have to repot it today, and stake it.

"John Vanini" wrote in message
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I'm so sorry but I missed the earlier posts on this subject because I
deleted a large batch of old emails and didn't really check, first.

We have two bouganvillas, which we keep indoors and they don't do badly as
regards flowering but from this posting it seems that I ought to move them
outdoors and they might do better

Could I be a pain and ask if you could let me have a copy of whatever was
suggested.

I really do apologise for having to ask.

Regards,

John

"Sheila" wrote in message
k...

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...

update;

I have moved her outside, and she is now showing little bracts...whew,
remember I had a white one I thought had died, well, its still looking
pretty ropey, leaves distinctly withered looking, but hasnt quite given
up the ghost yet, a leaf came off when I brought it back, so I just stuck
it in a pot, and its taken! so I might get something from it somehow.
The orange one is doing well, plenty of growth, but no flowers yet, I am
going to have to repot it today, and stake it.





will do, is your email address valid?

Yes Sheila, it's valid!

Thanks

John


"Sheila" wrote in message
k...

"John Vanini" wrote in message
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I'm so sorry but I missed the earlier posts on this subject because I
deleted a large batch of old emails and didn't really check, first.

We have two bouganvillas, which we keep indoors and they don't do badly
as regards flowering but from this posting it seems that I ought to move
them outdoors and they might do better

Could I be a pain and ask if you could let me have a copy of whatever was
suggested.

I really do apologise for having to ask.

Regards,

John

"Sheila" wrote in message
k...

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...

update;

I have moved her outside, and she is now showing little bracts...whew,
remember I had a white one I thought had died, well, its still looking
pretty ropey, leaves distinctly withered looking, but hasnt quite given
up the ghost yet, a leaf came off when I brought it back, so I just
stuck it in a pot, and its taken! so I might get something from it
somehow. The orange one is doing well, plenty of growth, but no flowers
yet, I am going to have to repot it today, and stake it.





will do, is your email address valid?

"John Vanini" wrote in message
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Yes Sheila, it's valid!

I have just sent you an email with all posts.

sheila

Got them Sheila. Thanks yet again.

Regards,

John

"Sheila" wrote in message
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"John Vanini" wrote in message
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Yes Sheila, it's valid!

I have just sent you an email with all posts.

sheila

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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They "like" stress. They bract more when they're potbound and too
dry, when the humidity is this high the stress levels lower and they
bract less. Now the pressure is up and the air dryer an improvement
is quite visible in mine, the leaves are wetter looking and the
bracts are back, and the little flowers inside are stronger.

I only know this cos when I got it I panicked and read about
everything there is to read about them. Marvellous plants.

Do you let bees etc in to your conservatory?


My bougainvillea doesn't look well. It is all leggy and spiney, there are
two stems, one has no leaves at all. the other stem branches into two, and
there are 4 leaves on each, and one bract on the top. its still the same
height, I haven't given it much water, think I'll just leave it and see what
happens..... The little white one didn't take at all, so that got
thrown away. now the Orange one has grown and grown and grown, its 20
inches tall, lots of leaves, from one stem, but lots of growth round the
base, and some pretty little orange bracts on the top, quite different from
the cerise one. Any thoughts on the cerise one, shall I just leave it
or do you think a trim might be in order!

In reply to Sheila ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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They "like" stress. They bract more when they're potbound and too
dry, when the humidity is this high the stress levels lower and
they bract less. Now the pressure is up and the air dryer an
improvement is quite visible in mine, the leaves are wetter
looking and the bracts are back, and the little flowers inside are
stronger. I only know this cos when I got it I panicked and read about
everything there is to read about them. Marvellous plants.

Do you let bees etc in to your conservatory?


My bougainvillea doesn't look well. It is all leggy and spiney,
there are two stems, one has no leaves at all. the other stem
branches into two, and there are 4 leaves on each, and one bract on
the top. its still the same height, I haven't given it much water,
think I'll just leave it and see what happens..... The little
white one didn't take at all, so that got thrown away. now the
Orange one has grown and grown and grown, its 20 inches tall, lots of
leaves, from one stem, but lots of growth round the base, and some
pretty little orange bracts on the top, quite different from the
cerise one. Any thoughts on the cerise one, shall I just leave
it or do you think a trim might be in order!

I'm building a plastic house for mine at the moment. It's getting too cold
for it, I think.

It is perhaps hibernating for the winter, I certainly hope so. I would touch
anything until the spring .. I saw loads in Northern Spain a couple of weeks
ago but it's still warmer ther than here :-)