Common Name : Bougainvillea glabra
- Category:
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Shrubs, Climbers, Creepers & Vines
- Family:
- Nyctaginaceae or Bougainvillea family
- Light:
- Sun growing
- Water:
- Can tolerate more, Requires less
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Light Pink
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 2 to 4 meters
- Plant Form:
- Climbing or growing on support, Irregular, Spreading
- Special Character:
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- Good for making bonsai
- Good for Topiary
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Can grow on trellis or chain link fencing
- Attracts butterflies
- Animals will not eat
- Thorny or Spiny
- Suitable for road median planting
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Good on seaside
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Plant Description:
- The color is very faint mauve and the leaves are variegated. A variety with long bracts and leaves. The leaves are shiny and the plants stand high rainfall very verll. I fact this variety does not seem to do all that well in alkaline soils as it may develop chlorosis. Free bloomer. Compact plants.
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Growing tips:
- Care and culture for all bougainvilleas is the same. That they need - no care and no culture. Bougainvillea are hardy plants. Care should be taken while planting new plants. Do not break the soil ball. They have very few and fine roots. If these break - plants may die. Once established care is minimum. They need the occasional pruning to keep them in check. Avoid planting next to trees as they may climb up and take over the tree. Pruning should be done after the flowering is over. Water absolutely less. It is okay if the leaves wilt a little. The water stress makes them flower more
