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- When the bougainvillea loses its flowers
- Worth knowing about Bougainvilleablüte
- Possible causes of premature flower loss
- nutrient deficiency
- Moving and over-fertilizing
It is normal for the flowers to fall off after some time
When the bougainvillea loses its flowers
She is probably the most charming and also the most challenging, what the bougainvillea has to offer the amateur botanist: her wonderful flowers. All the more tragic, when the grace of rank begins to throw off its flowers suddenly. What can this be? Here are some tips and first aid measures.
Worth knowing about Bougainvilleablüte
Anyone who has already dealt with the Bougainvillea a little, will know: The color spectacle of the flowering phases is not due to the flowers themselves - these are rather inconspicuous structures. It is the large three bracts that surround them and glow in strong purple, red or orange shades. This construct is generally a rather sensitive matter. The surface of the beautiful bracts is vulnerable to mechanical effects such as heavy rainfall, hail or blows.
You also need to know that the bougainvillea has several periods of flowering throughout the season. At the end of each flowering period, its flowers naturally disappear - but then quite dehydrated. You do not have to worry until the flowers suddenly drop in the middle of the flowering phase and in optically perfect condition.
So let's first say:
Possible causes of premature flower loss
nutrient deficiency
If the beautiful flowers fall off before their time, it could be that the plant has too few nutrients. Basically, the bougainvillea is quite nutrient-requiring, in the power-consuming flowering phases all the more. So when it comes to sudden loss of flowers, it may help to give her a little fertilizer - especially special fertilizer for flowering potted plants, which contains an optimal for flower formation enrichment with phosphorus.
Moving and over-fertilizing
If you have recently acquired your bougainvillea from the specialist nursery, the multiple changes can have a disruptive effect on flowering. Of course, the move from the greenhouse to your home does not pass the plant without a trace - in the case of doubt, it does not need the luxury of flower formation and maintenance.
It may also be that it has been brought in the rearing in the trade by strong fertilization to promotional flowering. The weaning of this (over) fertilization can also lead to flower loss. In that case, it simply means wait - in case of doubt, until the next season.