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Have enjoyed a beautiful bougainvilla plant this summer in my garden. When it became too cold I brought the plant indoors. Can I keep this kind of plant indoors or at least keep it alive
till next spring?
Thank you.
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You can try to keep it growing and perhaps blooming if you have a light enough place. Do a little trimming, especially of side shoots, and when new shoots grow back, they will flower. If you don't have much light, try to get it into a ticking-over state, not growing but not losing all its leaves. It willl survive a lot, and come back for you next year. Derek
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My Bougainvilla had flowers, but now is just green. Will they come back this summer? THanks
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I can't tell where you garden from your e-mail address, but the answer is yes, if you bring it through the winter successfully. Give it a trimming over in spring to encourage new side shoots, give it a shot of fertilizer with a low first number compared with the other two (all fertilizers give the analysis as three numbers - see my website to find out about these www,horticulturist.com), and the new shoots should color up at the tips. Derek
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The large Bougainvilla in my backyard froze on some branches the other night - I did cover the base of the plant with a sheet, so the plant is fine. I would think I should clip off the frozen ends. About WHERE on the branch should I trim them ?
Thank you for your advice.
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My Bougainvilla in my backyard, facing west, froze on some of the branches the other night. I covered the base with a sheet, so the plant is fine. Should I trim the frozen branches, and how far down to the trunk should I trim them ?
Thank you for your advice.
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My advice on cold damaged plants is always the same - don't be in a hurry to cut back. The plant will still probably be drawing a little food from the frizzled parts. The plant will show you where the living parts are, and you can accept all of those and cut back to almost the top new shoot, or take the chance to do some shaping as well. . Derek
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Can I grow a bougainvillea plant in eastern Montana? I have only seen them in AZ. I know it gets hot enough here in the summer to grow it, but will it die over the winter? Terry
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