The Secrets of Bougainvillea: Sharing Everything I Know About This Colorful Plant / Joy Us Garden

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I've done a few posts & videos about bougainvillea but this one is straight up everything I know about it including planting and care. I worked at a nursery in Berkeley, CA that carried bougainvillea and that's where I first learned a few things about it. I've since moved south and in this part of the state, it's seemingly everywhere. Love it or hate it you can't go 2 blocks without a bougainvillea sighting. Lots of colors, sizes, shapes and forms make it a very common landscape plant -- especially fitting with the Mediterranean and Spanish architecture here in Santa Barbara. I'm in the "love it" category in case you're wondering.

This is a long blog post. I cover: what they need, choosing a bougainvillea, planting, watering, pruning/trimming, fertilizing, pests, training, transplanting, uses in the landscape, in containers, winterizing & indoors.

[abcsprach]

I finally understood the effects of regular watering and infrequent watering,  you water regularly if you want the plant to grow fast and big, and once it is the right size for you, you hold back watering to encourage blooming! Many thanks Nell!

[geriannroth]

Wow that purplish one is just gorgeous

[theblisskitchen]

You are so ahead of your time girl 💚 I'm learning how to garden a sloped raised area behind a retaining wall, we have this healthy Bouganville right in the middle of the area. I never knew we had this opportunity!

[daleandrews]

Hi Nell, I'm a long time subscriber and "liker" of your videos. I've also dropped a number of comments here and there. I never thought when I started that I would develop a plant addiction, but at my stage now, I think I need an intervention! I already have a number of exotic succulents and tropicals, including both types of "Desert Rose" and my prize an approximately 6' tall "Traveler's Palm" (Ravanala Madagascariensis). These are indeed dramatic tropicals and should be part of every serious gardener's collection.
My next plant will definately be a bougainvillea, but I can't decide what color! It's now June 17, 2023 and within a month, I'll definately get a "starter" plant that I plan to keep many years. In the meantime, keep the good videos coming! 🪴🌴

[sanjays]

Lovely, a riot of colors when in full bloom, sunshine is all that it needs.

[npeace]

I just planted a purple one today under my daughter's bedroom window. We are going to train it to go around the window.

[jakkimanzitti]

Did she say thats blooming in Oh, I am so jealous from Pennsylvania!

[dylxnchn]

*i have a bougainvillea arch in my backyard on a wall and it blooms consistently! I think theyve stayed in the same two pots for many years. The flowers are a light red and i just took a cutting! Happy growing!❤💓❤💓❤*

[botanicaltreasures]

Absolutely gorgeous bush! Just got a small pink and white bougainvillea to drape over a short wall. So graceful. I saw some really huge ones in the Bahamas 🇧🇸.

[zegollygosh]

Thank you very much! I live in Florida and purchased my first house. Out front was a plant that, after a bit of digging, I found out was a pink bougainvillea. It's been neglected for the last half year or more and has very sparse branches in places and very little color. Still, I'm excited to get to work giving this guy the TLC it needs and bring out more color. They look like really rewarding plants and I can't wait.

[CAFALLDAY]

thanks you so much, because of you i got my bougainvillea to bloom. this is by far the most i've seen it bloom since i started caring for it.

[rahulpandey]

Both are beautiful.... Ur Bougainvilla and u ☺️😊

[bluce]

I want to grow this on my future property. I think I have identified this as my childhood flower. What is the scent like? I smelled a flower that looks like this and it gives me major nostalgia... I need to know if this matches with the scent.

[healinginspirationsbyannie]

So very beautiful! thank you for sharing, blessings always, Annie

[Songislove]

The purple colour Bougainvillea was amazing 💜💜 ... I love purple colour and that's osam 💜💜I also wanna plant the purple Bougainvillea 💜.. but where can I get this 🙂?

[reshmabhatia]

Beautiful !! Love the colour! Love to see such a healthy plant !!

[lougeehjaniella]

I love the purple color of that flowers. I havent seen purple color bougenvilla here in the Philippines yet. I wish I could also have that bunches of flowers too😍😍😍

[bungahiasmamake]

Love you video, beautiful, very nice.

[JofromItaly]

You should see the ones in Afirca (Kenya). This is the classic colour which I have here at home in southern Italy, but in Kenya you get red, orange, yellow and white bougainvillea, as well as a variegated flower (which is not as common). There's even a farm there which is now selling bougainvillea confetti, which is of course much better than the paper stuff.

[sunnylupebaharloo]

That's a beautiful plant you have there I recently planted 2 bougainvilleas in front of my house both were fine but now 2weeks later one of them is looking dropy an the other is still looking great with all it's flowers when I transplanted them I didn't give him very much water cuz I had water them the day before before in their pots they were in 5 gallon containers. Any advice?? Thank you