Bougainvillea Flower Characteristics. The bougainvillea represents one of the most important plants for flowered pot and landscaping. Feeding a bougainvillea too much nitrogen or giving it too much water will keep the plant in growth mode and prevent it from flowering.
The small tubular whitish 5 to 6-lobed flowers are surrounded by 3 colorful papery triangular to egg-shaped petal-like floral bracts. Bougainvillea stipitata displays inflorescences with three pendant greenish flowers. The mature branches are woody brittle and have slender spines at the.
Twenty five varieties were planted in open field condition.
Numerous and curved and the small flowers are almost white. Bougainvillea spectabilis is a tropical perennial shrubby vine grown as an annual or container plant and makes an excellent addition to a pool or patio space. Bougainvillea is a tropical and subtropical woody ever. The bracts are purple or magenta to lighter tints in certain varieties.