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Bougainvillea #01

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this page was updated on Tuesday 5th January 2016

 
 
 
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the link in this email is active ... click on it to see Tanya's Home and her Bougainvillea
 
 
Thursday 12th September 2013
 
Our bougainvillea has now been repotted and new buds are starting to form
 
 
Sunday 2nd February 2014
 
The plant did not like being repotted !! ... but it is now starting to shoot and grow once more
 
 
February 2014 through to Wednesday 1st October 2014
 
During this time the plant really struggled, and Sharon and I are not very good gardeners so we didn't know what to do
All the new growth shown above disappeared !! ... the plant was left with just lots of woody stems and the occasional new leaf or two
 
 
Sunday 5th October 2014
 
We came out for Sunday morning coffee on the patio ... and spotted this !!
 
 
A new Flower was forming ... the first one for months and months ... could not believe it !!
 
 
Saturday 11th October 2014
 
Here it is again ... and it's a Double Flower !!
 
 
Tuesday 14th October 2014
 
 
Thursday 16th October 2014
 
 
Thursday 16th October 2014
 
As well as the flower, there was also lots of bits of new growth
Anne Henderson, the Manager of our Unit / Resort Complex offered to help us out
She pruned it back, gave it a dose of pellet fertiliser, and sprayed it for pests and diseases
and this is the 'white' colour that can be seen on the flower and leaves

Wait Now ... Just Time ... and hopefully we'll soon have a beautiful display for Tanya Mary !!
 
 
Monday 20th October 2014
 
The stamens on the front flower are now open with the second one almost ready
It's a shame about the 'white' from the spraying ... it was necessary and hopefully there will be hundreds more anyway !!
 
 
Monday 3rd November 2014
 
Look at it Now !! ... Look at all the New Growth !!
 
 
Wednesday 12th November 2014
 
WOW !!
 
 
Friday 28th November 2014
 
 
Saturday 11th July 2015
 

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In the seven months since the shots above,
there has been lots of growth ... but not a single flower !!

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Then it started to 'fail'
and even though it does have new growth,
the plant was not looking too good !!

With the help of our neighbour Barry,
it was replanted into a larger pot and given a good dose of fertiliser

Will see how it goes now !!

 
Thursday 22nd October 2015
 

Struggling and struggling ... leaves going yellow and falling off ...

... so it was pruned right back ... "!! let's start again !!"

 
Thursday 12th November 2015
 
Less than a month later ... and look at it !!
 
It is also now receiving a regular dose of Thrive Liquid Fertiliser
 
 
 
Sunday 22nd November 2015
 
As can be seen in these two shots, some of the new branches have been trimmed back
 
We hope to make it a "bougainvillea bush" and not let it grow too wild ... and take over the patio !!
 
 
 
Monday 30th November 2015
 
Lots and lots of growth ... even where it was pruned just eight days ago
 
BUT ... one of the branches is being let grow ... just to see what happens !! ... it is now 1.10 metres tall !!
 
 
Tuesday 5th January 2016
 
Three of Tanya's Plants as they look on the patio
 
 
Tuesday 5th January 2016
 
As you can see in the shot below, the bougainvillea appears to be growing quite well
 
However, some of the leaves have become 'very spotted'
plus the new growth hasn't got that 'lush green look' that is shown in the photos above
 
 
 
The only solution we could think of was to again give it a pruning which has now been done
 
It is still receiving a regular dose of Thrive Liquid Fertiliser
 
 
 
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