The Beauty of Bougainvillea

Dwarf Bougainville

Bougainvillea is the name of one of the many flowers that grow around us. This flower has its unique characteristics, it will grow colorful flowers are beautiful when summer or dry season and then he would abort flowers when the rains come, then will grow new shoots, fresh leaves and remedy the views.

Bougainvillea or Paper Flower was first discovered by Louis Antoine de Bougainville in Brazil around the year 1768. To honor him this plant named Bougainvillea taken from the last name of its discoverer. There is also a call for Paper Flower small, white flowers covered the protective leaves (bractea) that looks like paper thin and bright color assortment. Bractea is widely misinterpreted as part of the flower. Though only a small flower in the middle it, there are usually three strands surrounded by three bractea.

This plant is suitable planted in the tropics and subtropics. Bougainvillea is not seasonal flowers, can grow and bloom throughout the year. Thrives in a dry place or not too wet. These plants are difficult to grow upright, when it is blooming, the flowers numerous and dominate its appearance. Can grow to 10 meters if you are planting in the ground without the pot, if we are using pot usually grows about 1-2 feet.

Caring for Bougainvillea easy relatively easy, does not require a long time. Healthy Bougainvillea requires a lot of water during the summer. And in the winter or if there are indoor water demand will be much less. However, to produce good flowers blooming, Bougainvillea should be placed at places exposed to direct sunlight.

Bougainvillea

Flower plant stem is rather hard, have sharp thorns and branches. Breeding also requires only slice on rods that sowing in pots or plastic wrap. In addition, Bougainvillea also has a close spiraling upward, leaf width and tapered square-shaped hedge is capable of forming the subject in the area of ​​the home page or also as a hedge plant in the interest region,  It is familiar with Forsythia uses as a hedge also. 

Bougainvillea is small and funnel-shaped, but has many benefits. For example just for hair dressing, mixed flowers for fragrance shower, and the usefulness of the funeral ceremony for the China and India.

Some of the best types of Bougainvillea are: Golden yellow 'California Gold', and its gold and green leaved variegated from 'Vickie', the dark pink flowers of 'Juanita Hatten', and its new mutation with green leaves spatter painted with gold. 'Barbara Karst' Bright red to bluish crimson in shade, blooms very young, likes heat. 'Sundown' Apricot color, vigorous, good bloomer, heavy feeder. 'Jamaica White' white, veined with green, bloom young, vigorous. 'Texas Dawn' smaller pink flowers, in huge clusters, vigorous, keep cut back. 'Double Pink' clear pink, vigorous, keep trimmed back, spent flowers must be cut off since double flowering types will not shed flowers in the typical fashion. 'Surprise' large, clear pink-white bi-color flowers, easy bloomer. 

Real flower of Bougainvillea, white small in the middle of bractea