Wednesday, April 30, 2014

A Neighbor's Bougainvillea


Hello Everyone!

Recently, my neighbor got a new fence...  But a big bougainvillea was in the way!  So my Bonsai friend Adam (Facebook Account) (Blog) came to dig the big tree up!  But when I say big, I mean BIG!!  This tree has been growing in the ground for 19 years!  When Adam was taking the bougainvillea out, I got a little piece that came off...  Below is what it looks like:
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And here is the piece Adam got: (Here is his Blog Post)

In case you want to know more about a bougainvillea, you can click here
This particular bougainvillea has a pinkish purple flower. 
Although this tree has a pretty flower, it has a lot of thorns! 
Like I said above, this bougainvillea has been growing in the ground for 19 years! 
This tree also loves to grow wild!

Below is this bougainvillea flowering:
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Back to my little piece, after getting it...  I had to get this bougainvillea in water, it only had 1 root!  It was hard finding a big enough container to fit this...  Finally, I remembered I had a watering can a good size for this bougainvillea.  Below is how I left it for the day...
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I will keep you updated on how this tree is doing!!

Enjoy,

Ben Jamin