How often should I water bouganvillea?

Question

The property I live on has 10 fully grown bouganvillea plants scattered around. I live in Southern California near Palm Springs. It gets very hot and dry. How often and how much should I water the bouganvillea? Once a week? Every other day? Any advice would be helpful.

Answer 1

We have them everywhere here in South Texas, too. I water mine about once a week. They are very hardy, and can take a heat beating. It's really a plant you can pretty much neglect. It seems the hotter and dryer it gets, the more they bloom.

Answer 2

Beautiful plant! Once a week or so should be plenty. I used to work in a greenhouse where we sold these. When watered too much the green foliage became very yellow and blooms became few and far between. Also your plants will get root rot from sitting too wet.
Since your plants are well established you may be okay by watering every week-2 weeks, providing you mulch the area extensively, that will help to hold moisture in the surrounding soil, saving you time and money!
Lucky devil living where it's nice and warm, I'm still waiting for spring!!!
Good luck!

Answer 3

Bougainvilleas are a tropical/subtropical plant that needs moderate to regular water. I live in the SF Bay area and I water my Bougainvilleas twice a week for 20 minutes each time. How much/often you water will depend on: how fast your soil drains (adding compost around the plant helps to retain moisture), where the plant is located (up against a heat absorbing wall will require more water), how large the plant is and what the temperature is like. For Summer and Fall, I would start out by watering the plants twice to three times a week (about 20 minutes each - preferably in the early morning). If the plants droop or the leaves turn a darker blue-green color, they need more water. In Winter and Spring, they will need less water.

A much bigger issue, however, is regular trimming. If you don't keep up with Bougainvilleas and routinely cut them back -- they will take over your yard, house, life!!

Bougainvilleas are very exotic-looking plants, but are really quite easy to care for!

Answer 4

Here in australia they are everywhere. The only problem is getting rid of them because its like fighting a guy with a bunch of knives. Dont need a lot of water and if you put a thick layer of mulch to keep the moisture in you'll find you wont really need to water them at all. They will survive on the odd shower here and there.

Answer 5

I would give them an inch of water a week during dry spells. If it rains,water less then. Since they are established I would not be to concerned if you did not water them regularly. The root systems are probably deep enough to get by a while. If you water to much the roots get lazy and stay shallow. Make sure they are mulched well.

Answer 6

I live in Sydney Australia were we have just come out of a drought and I very really watered mine,maybe about once a month.It has survived.

Answer 7

once a week