bouganvilla not blooming

[Csara]

I have had a couple of bouganvillas for a while now, but they never seem to be doing well. I dont think they are getting enough sun so will probably have to move them soon. Anyway, one of my bouganvillas has been growing a lot, but never blooms. What can I do to get those beautiful flowers to come out?

[Deana]

I'd get some fertilizer/plant food especially made for blooming plants. We used some on ours - I think it was called 'Peters' (could be wrong) and it helped for the blooms to come out. Also make sure you have some acidic soil, that will help with the blooms a lot. We dug up or bouganvilla b/c it was so tempermental. We subed tangerine trumpet vine, which grows really easily and has beautiful redish orange flowers in the spring.