BONSAI-EASY NEW METHOD-PART 15-BOUGAINVILLEA TRIM AND REPOT

BOUGAINVILLEA IS A BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING PLANT THAT MAKES A GREAT BONSAI SUBJECT. THEY DO HAVE TORNS, BUT IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN CLIP THEM OFF AS THEY GROW.DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AMERICA BY A FRENCH ADMIRAL, LOUIS ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE, HE ALERTED THE WESTERN WORLD TO THEIR EXISTANCE IN 1768. THEY CAN HAVE FLOWERS OF WHITE, RED, PINK, MAGENTA, PURPLE, ORANGE OR YELLOW.THEY ARE FAIRLY PEST FREE, SOMETIMES ATTACKED BY APHIDS OR WORMS, AND SOME BUTTERFLIES HAVE LARVAE THAT USE THEM AS FOOD. THE VIDEOGRAPHER FOR THIS VIDEO WAS JON WASSERMAN.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***.