Known for their brilliant floral displays and ground-covering power, bougainvilleas بوگن ولیہ are strong-growing climbers and trailers from the tropics and subtropics of south America. their wonderful colors come not from their true flowers, which are small cream tubes, but from the leafy bracts that surround them. the leaves are simple, elliptical and taper to a fine pint. Rather than climb by tendrils or twining bougainvilleas use their sharp thorns to gain a hold and then develop a framework of strong stems. Their genus was named in honor of the sixteenth-century explorer and scientist, Louis Antoine de Bougainvilleas, who made the first french voyage around the world.
Cultivation
All species do well in warm to hot climates in full sun and some species will tolerate light frosts. Although drought tolerant, they need plenty of moisture during the flowering season. overfeeding will produce masses of foliage but very little in the way of colorful bracts. Most cultivators can be propagated from cuttings.
Top Tip
Be sure to wear protective gloves when pruning or handling BOUGAINVILLEA as their thorns are dangerously sharp.
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