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Bougainvillea spectabilis
Also called Brazil Bougainvillea, Beautiful Bougainvillea
Great bougainvillea is a thorny woody vine or shrub grown for its showy papery bracts, which come in white, red, mauve, purple-red and orange. It thrives in full sun, dry conditions and well-drained fertile soil, and it is frost-tender.
Bougainvillea spectabilis, also known as great bougainvillea, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina's Chubut Province. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant.
Bougainvillea spectabilis can grow in hardiness zones 10–11, preferring full sun, dry conditions, and fertile soil. It can be propagated from stem and root cuttings.
Bougainvillea spectabilis is native to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Chubut Province, Argentina, but it has been introduced in many other areas.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bougainvillea spectabilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
