Re-cutting: Cut off all branches and keep the main branches to change the shape and promote growth. Middle cutting: remove dead branches and branches that affect the shape, which can be done often. Light pruning: pruning diseased branches and weak branches at seedling stage to concentrate nutrition. Retraction: keep the plant type unchanged and cut it short to give more room for growth.

Pruning method

There are still many pruning methods for bougainvillea, and different forms of pruning are needed for different growth purposes.

Strong shear

Many plants will go through the steps of re-pruning. Generally, this large-scale pruning is to change the shape of plants and make them grow better.

When pruning, all branches should be cut off, only a few main branches should be kept, and the main branches should be pruned greatly. The re-cutting looks very thorough.

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This light pruning method cuts off some dead branches and unnecessary branches on the bougainvillea plant, and the rest is only a little shorter, which will not change the shape of the plant.

Slight shear

In fact, the scope of light pruning is smaller, just slightly pruning weak branches, diseased branches and dead branches. Generally, seedlings are pruned in this way.

take back

Retraction is basically to keep the tree shape unchanged, but to cut the branches short, so that plants have more room to grow.

Appropriate preventive measures

One is to trim bougainvillea moderately, not too often or too hard, which is very unfavorable to the growth and flowering of bougainvillea.

time

Bougainvillea can be pruned often, but not too much at a time.