California gold bougainvillea care. Reaches 25 to 40 tall. Clear of any orange or pink tones the profuse golden yellow flowers are brighter than other varieties and offer warm versatile color that combines well with any flower or structure color climbing up an arbor trellis or fence. Evergreen in frost free regions.
Arching sprays of flower bracts provide vivid color in warm months on large evergreen vines with 3 ovate leaves. Some varieties can handle part sun but will not perform as well as they could in full sun. Bougainvillea are a fairly easy care plant but a few pests sometimes appear.
Water freely in summer and sparingly in the winter. Loosen the soil on the bottom of the hole to make sure the water will drain out. Bougainvillea needs sun heat to thrive be a blooming machine.
The california gold bougainvillea plant produces flowers that change from pale gold to orangey bronze as they emerge and then mature. In less than full sun plants will be much more sparse and have a less than spectacular flower show if any at all. Excellent cover for banks or walls.
Bring the soil to visual dryness between watering. Bougainvillea whether growing in a pot or in the garden needs at least 6 hours of full sun a day. When the plants are almost at the wilting point watering is required.
When it doesnt get enough sun the flowering will be lackluster and the plant will look thin and leggy. Bougainvillea bougainvillea spp is a drought tolerant plant that rarely needs to be pruned or fertilized. This ensures an abundance of flowering and keeps the plant looking good.
Design ideasyellow flower clusters make this bougainvillea unique. Use as a summer annual in patio containers or hanging baskets. It is both reliable and vigorous growing tall enough to shroud arbors in shade giving foliage and flowers.
Just like planting a shrub dig the hole at least 2 times as wide as the rootball. For busy homeowners in warm regions of the country bougainvillea is a nearly perfect. Bougainvillea doesnt like to be kept sopping wet is subject to rot.
Train it onto walls and fences or onto unsightly sheds. Bougainvilleas are drought tolerant requiring little water once established. Bougainvillea care must knows since bougainvilleas are tropical natives make sure they get plenty of sun.
Good drought tolerance once established but will look better if watered during dry spells.