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Bougainvillea ×buttiana
Bougainvillea × buttiana is a garden hybrid of two bougainvillea species, grown as an evergreen climbing vine with thorny stems and showy magenta-rose bracts around small white flowers. Give it full sun and a warm, frost-free spot.
Bougainvillea × buttiana is a flowering plant, a garden hybrid of Bougainvillea glabra and Bougainvillea peruviana.
Growing to 5 metres (16 ft) tall by 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) broad, It is an evergreen vine, with thorny stems and tiny trumpet shaped white flowers, usually appearing in clusters surrounded by three showy bright magenta-rose papery bracts. The leaves are ovate and dark green.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
