Bougainvillea - Let's See How It Goes

[gokalp]

I found this bougainvillea from nursery stock. I believe it has potential. I shortened some overgrown branches and save the rest for the next month. Now I am excited about what it will look like after it leaves.

I will post updates for the progression.

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions?

 

[Séan Warnick]

I found this bougainvillea from nursery stock. I believe it has potential. I shortened some overgrown branches and save the rest for the next month. Now I am excited about what it will look like after it leaves.

I will post updates for the progression.

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions?

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It looks beautiful! . It could do with some wiring design in the branches, remember to do it before they get too hard and become unbendable.

 

[LuZiKui]

I think that lower right branch and upper left branch will need to be shortened but that can be done once it starts growing like crazy in the summer. Definitely a cool tree and tons of possibilities, nice find!

 

[Carol 83]

I think that lower right branch and upper left branch will need to be shortened but that can be done once it starts growing like crazy in the summer. Definitely a cool tree and tons of possibilities, nice find!

My thoughts also.

 

[gokalp]

I think that lower right branch and upper left branch will need to be shortened but that can be done once it starts growing like crazy in the summer. Definitely a cool tree and tons of possibilities, nice find!

Thank you all.

My plan is the same but I want to see general shape after it flowers. Now there are buds everywhere, and when I bought the plant it has tons of "flower sticks" (is it what it calls) I cleaned up most of them. I think it means it will grow vigorously. After that I will make decisions for overall shape of the tree.

 

[gokalp]

Update: As I didn't see the leaves when I bought it, I was not know that the tree has giant leaves Now I'm trying to get a lot of backbud, a lot of branches and end up with smaller leaves. Hope it works.

 

[LuZiKui]

It's my experience that the first big branches it pushes out will always have large leaves. As you prune it back the leaves will get smaller though. Nice looking tree!

 

[gokalp]

It's my experience that the first big branches it pushes out will always have large leaves. As you prune it back the leaves will get smaller though. Nice looking tree!

I think I'm a bit conservative about pruning because I'm just a rookie. I'm planning to do so step by step. Those branhes also have taper problems. When I get ramification further back on those, I'm going to cut back to that point. I don't want to lose those first branches. I love the placement of them, but also I want to reduce the size and fix the taper issue.