Botanical Name: Bougainvillea spectabilis
Common Name: Bougainvillea
Type of Plant: dicot: vine
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect to sprawling with long, cane-like, spiny stems arching upwards and outwards to form a rangy, loose canopy if unpruned – can be trained to grow upwards with support
Height 10-20'
Spread equal +
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun – blooms poorly in shade
Soil prefers a warm, well-drained root run
Hardiness some frost, best near coast (zones 12, 13, 15-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, ovate-elliptic, 2-4" long, green, aristate and somewhat boat-shaped toward tips
Flowers small, tubular – color from flower bracts, 3-5 leafed, terminally arranged – summer and intermittent year round
Fruit tiny achene
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
vine for its profuse flower display throughout the warmer months – arbors, trellises, wall coverings, large scale slope cover
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional deep soak after established - fairly drought tolerant once established
Fertilizing balanced – spring, summer
Pruning head back and thin strongly in early spring to control size
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other plant carefully – roots are delicate
 
Origin: Brazil
Family: Nyctaginaceae

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