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🌱 Bougainvillea

🔬 Bougainvillea spectabilis · 👨‍👩‍👧 Family: Nyctaginaceae · 🌍 Origin: Brazil, Argentina

🎨 Color Palette

Orange
Orchid Pink
Blue Violet
Grenat Red

About Bougainvillea

A vigorous climbing shrub with a sarmental habit, much appreciated for its abundant, colorful blossoms. The true flowers are small and white, surrounded by brightly colored bracts. Emblematic of Mediterranean and tropical regions.

🌱 Detailed Care Guide

💦 Humidity: 40%
⚙️ Maintenance: ⚡ Moderate

📐 Growth & Structure

📏 Height: 900 cm
↔️ Wingspan: 1500 cm
🔄 Life Cycle: perennial
🍃 Foliage: evergreen
🌿 Seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter

📅 Phenology

🌱 Sowing: march
🌸 Flowering: june
🍎 Fruiting: september

🌍 Ecology

🦋 Pollinators: bee, butterfly, bird

✨ Usage & Benefits

  • ornamental

⚠️ Safety & Traits

👤 Human Toxicity: non toxic
🐾 Pet Toxicity: non toxic
🌵 Thorny

🌱 Propagation

🌱 Propagation: layering
🪴 Transplanting: ✅
🏗️ Needs Staking: ✅

🐛 Pests & Diseases

🐛 Pests: Aphids, Whiteflies, Scale insects, Mealybugs, Spider mites
🦠 Diseases: Powdery mildew, Leaf spot (Cercospora spp.), Botrytis blight (gray mold)

📝 Expert Advice

✂️ Pruning:

Prune after flowering to give the plant shape; remove spent inflorescences and any dead or crossing wood. For a bushier plant, cut back stems to 1 or 2 buds after flowering; for an espalier or trellis plant, prune accordingly to maintain the desired shape.

🤝 Companion Plants

These plants grow well together:

🌱 Orleander
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