Bougainvillea Glabra 90cm(H) (Paper Flower)

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Paper Flower, also known as Bougainvillea glabra is not easy to grow indoors.
• Because they require better conditions than are normally available, they are grown most successfully as windows plant.
• In naturally warmer areas they will do well in sunrooms or conservatories.
• These plants have spines; use extreme caution when handling them.

SOIL REQUIREMENT

• Enrich border soil with well-rotted compost and a balanced granular fertilizer or controlled-release fertilizer.
• Use loam-based compost.

FERTILIZER REQUIREMENT

• Begin applications of a complete liquid fertilizer as soon as growth starts in early spring and continue the applications once every two weeks throughout the flowering period.

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• It requires at least four hours of direct sunlight every day during the active growth period.
• And they must have a bright light at other times or they will not thrive in an indoor situation.

WATER REQUIREMENT

• Water actively growing plants moderately, giving enough to moisten the potting mixture thoroughly; allow the top two-thirds to dry out between waterings.
• The amounts should be drastically reduced as the rest period approaches and the potting mixture should just be kept from drying out.

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