Can you help re bougainvillea cuttings?

Question

I have some bougainvillea cuttings. When ready for re-potting and planting out should they be transplanted individually or in little groups? The plants sold in shops appear to have several cuttings planted together to make one specimen.

Thank you, all of you, for your very helpful answers.

Answer 1

Depends on what visual statement you want. Bouganvilla will grow very large when planted in the ground. If you want a privacy wall, plant them seperately. If you want an immediate full look, plant them together.

shops put several plants in a pot because of the visual impact it makes. I look for pots with the most plants and usually separate the individual plants to allow them to grow larger. Many plants in one pot restrict growth.

Answer 2

Take a twelve inch hanging basket, fill it with soil, not a heavy soil, sand should be in the mix, water your soil in as if you have plants in it, stick about 7 cuttings in the basket, stagger the cutting in the soil , keep it in a shady area, and keep moist until you see new leaves. Introduce this new plant in to the sun slowly. Your new babies are delicate, just like its mother before she grew up. I hope you keep this practice up with other plants too, it's a good feeling rooting your on cuttings. Greenhouse growers make the most profit in this type of growing, no middleman, I do it on a daily basis with hundreds of different plants. Have fun and Happy Growing.

Answer 3

When ready to go outside plant them separately if you just want a show of them but if you are planning on a hedge then plant fairly close together so they will entwine as they grow. They do not like heavy frost so beware.

Answer 4

if the cuttings are all in 1 pot ,plant them in the group sopport and fan the cuttings out(\|/)this will allow them to`grow away` without causing root disturbance

Answer 5

They are growen like this by nuries so that if one or more die off they still have a plant to sell