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bougainvillea drops bracts

20 years ago

I recently planted a beautiful plant. It is in full sun and in a well drained medium in an appropriate sized pot. I am starting to notice the bracts are dropping. Is this normal? The leaves look fine. Do they flush and then drop and then flush again? I have never been around a bougainvillea before. It still has about 75% of it's bracts at this point.

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sputnikfarm
20 years ago
It could just be transplant shock. I just planted one 2 weekends ago and it did the same thing. They do flush and drop and can be a messy plant. There's not much you can do about that. To get the most bracts try not to overwater once established. They are known to thrive on neglect and put out more bracts when they are watered infrequently.
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