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- Successfully cultivate bougainvillea all year round as a houseplant
- The origin-specific claims of Bougainvillea
- Choose a sunny location
- nutrient-rich substance, small container
- Careful casting practice
- Here is an overview of the cultivation of bougainvilleas in the room:
The bougainvillea needs a lot of light
Successfully cultivate bougainvillea all year round as a houseplant
Bougainvillea lovers know it: in this country, the tropical beauties can not be cultivated as outdoor plants. The Kübelhaltung is in our latitudes so anyway duty. How the South American divas also thrive in the room all year round, we show you below.
The origin-specific claims of Bougainvillea
Bougainvilleas are not without reason a horticultural gem - with their colorful bracts they give the eye a magnificent picture.Bougainvilleas come from a relatively limited area between Ecuador and Brazil and are therefore dependent on quite specific climatic and soil conditions. The seasonal rhythm and the cooler temperatures of our latitudes therefore get less well. So, how do you create the most livable Andean plants as possible for your future-like conditions, in order to cultivate them in the room to their full splendor?
Choose a sunny location
What the bougainvillea needs according to its dry tropical homeland, is a lot of sun, pronounced dry and wet phases and nutrient-rich soil. All this you can offer her in the room. Of course, a heated conservatory with full sunlight yield would be ideal for year-round cultivation. If you can not call such a home, but a location on a generous window front, which is south facing as possible. So you satisfy the great light and heat hunger of the bougainvillea.
nutrient-rich substance, small container
Their home region offers the Bougainvillea nutrient-rich soils. Therefore, you should also offer it in the buckets in the room a correspondingly rich substrate. It should be mainly mineral-rich and can be well enriched with clay. Permeability is important to keep the roots from waterlogging, which is why the bougainvillea is very sensitive. To bring the plant too much flower splendor, a small bucket is recommended. With too much substrate mass, it tends to more foliation - to the disadvantage of the flowers.
Careful casting practice
Bougainvilleas should always be kept moist but protected against waterlogging. Especially during the vegetation spurts you should pay attention to a sufficient, even water supply. This can certainly be more challenging in the heated room. The Bougainvillea will thank you for its careful casting practice with its colorful, lush blossoms.