How to grow Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea

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Bougainvillea have very delicate thin roots. Use a fertilizer high in micro-nutrients, especially iron will result in healthy root development.

How long does Bougainvillea take to grow?

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Bougainvillea Etymology

A native to the coast of Brazil. In the 1760’s the French botanist Philibert Commerson discovered the colorful vining plant and named it bouganvillea after his friend and captain, Louis A. de Bougainville, a noted lawyer, mathematician, and explorer from Canada.

Other names for Bougainvillea

Paperflower

Misspellings: Bougainvillia, Bougainvilea

Footnotes

¹ Bougainvillea fact sheet from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Hawaii