# Can Bouganvillea Be Bare Rooted During Repotting?

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/can-bouganvillea-be-bare-rooted-during-repotting/10416>\
**Category:** Horticulture\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/can-bouganvillea-be-bare-rooted-during-repotting/10416 "2023-02-25T21:48:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob\_McCarlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_McCarlie](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bob_McCarlie)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/can-bouganvillea-be-bare-rooted-during-repotting/10416/1 "2023-02-25T21:48:03Z")

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Does anyone know if Bougies can be bare rooted during repotting?

I have a fairly large one that I moved from a grower’s pot to a bonsai pot a couple of years ago. I’d like to repot it this year to work on the root structure. When I last repotted it I had to remove a lot of roots, so I didn’t want to risk killing it by removing all the crossing roots, which I want to clean up now to improve the nebari. Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![MartyWeiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@MartyWeiser](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/MartyWeiser)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/can-bouganvillea-be-bare-rooted-during-repotting/10416/2 "2023-02-27T02:33:20Z")

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I have bare rooted a couple of smaller bougies when repotting and I live in a northern climate where I repot them just as it starts to heat up in the summer and I am seeing few nights below 50F (10C). However, I am not sure I would do a large one in my climate. On the other hand, I believe they are sometimes collected with very few roots in much warmer climates.