Catalog Description
Strong vining habit for quick cover; an interesting mix of single flower bracts that are hot pink to burnished gold. Can be used as summer annual in containers, hanging baskets. Evergreen. Full sun. Vigorous grower to 20 to 30 feet long. Cutting grown. |
Design Ideas
Striking and floriferous in a hanging basket or container placed on a patio or deck. A vigorous-growing vine that quickly covers a wall or sheltered fence. Grow down a steep bank beside steps.
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Companion Plants
This Bougainvillea, with its interesting mix of hot pink and burnished gold bracts, looks beautiful above blue-green evergreens like Dwarf Blue Arborvitae (Thuja orientalis `Minima Glauca`).
Also try with well-sheared shrubs that have a gold aspect to the leaves, such as Golden Euonymus (Euonymus japonicus `Aureo-marginatus`).
Keep the heat turned up by growing above hot pink or coral colored Rose.
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Average Landscape Size
Vigorous grower to 20 to 30 ft. long. |
Key Plant Benefits
Strong vining habit for quick cover and beautiful show with an interesting mix of color. Single blooms are hot pink to gold. Can be used as summer annual in containers, hanging baskets. Evergreen. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. USE CAUTION IN REMOVING PLANT FROM CONTAINER. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Fast Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Climbing |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 12 (>210 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 11 (Above 40 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 10 (30 to 40 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Once established needs only occasional water. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
bracts with mix of hot pink and gold-colored flowers
| Flower Color |
| Pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Summer. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Cutting grown |
| Best time to Prune |
| Spring |
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Attributes
Drought Tolerant
Espaliers
Fall Color
Groundcover
Hummingbird Friendly
Long Bloom Season
Modern Garden
Patio Container Plant
Showy Flowers
Summer Flowering
Tolerates Poor Soils
Tropical |
Foliage
Shrubby
| Foliage Shape | Ovate |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | Green |
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Plant Lore
The intense color of these plants, often mistaken for the flowers is actually the bracts which draw pollinators to smaller more insignificant white tubular flowers nestled within. |
Plant History
This plant was named for French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville who circumnavigated the globe in the mid 18th century. A stop at the Solomon Islands caused his staff to find the woody lianas which they named for their captain. Twelve other species are scattered throughout the frost free regions of South America. This hybrid's ancestry is unknown, but virtually all contemporary forms were derived from crosses of three species, B. spectabilis, B. glabraand B. peruviana. |
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