Bougainvillea

The family is nocturnal. The genus of bougainville. Natural climatic conditions: the tropics. There are different opinions about the origin of bougainvillea.her homeland is considered only by Brazil, others by Asia. At the moment, bougainvillaea bare( or bare) acclimatized on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and the southern coast of the Crimea.

The initial form of room varieties is an evergreen vine, however, shrub forms are also cultivated, which are created artificially by trimming. Bougainvillea naked ♦ Liana with naked( more rarely - spiny), lignified stalk, reaching a length of 5 m. Leaves alternate, ovate, pointed at the tip or very broadly lanceolate to 10-12 cm long, shining on the upper side, lower - matte, in some varieties slightlyThey are pubescent, especially often along the vein. The flowers are plain, small, mainly axillary, yellowish green in color, collected 2 to 3 together, the decorativeness of flowering bougainvillea naked is provided by the presence of bright, petal-like bracts, depending on the variety, white, lilac, bright pink, raspberry,orange or red, which turn pale as it fades. Bougainvillea hybrid * Bracts are orange or wine-red. It differs in that it is cultivated mainly as a garden form. Bougainvillea naked, a kind of Sanders ♦ Leaves are elongated-cordate, bracts are lilac. Requirement for moisture: requires abundant watering in the summer, more moderate in the rest period( in winter).Spraying is useful during the summer.

Temperature conditions: usual room conditions, except during the rest period, when the temperature of the content is desirable to be reduced to 12-14 ° C.

Light mode: constant bright illumination, including in winter.

The requirement for soil: the most preferable zemlesmes of sod and leaf lands with humus and sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 1: 1, it is desirable to add bone meal and crushed charcoal. For transplant, it should not be too loose. In spring and the first half of summer bougainvillea is desirable to feed every other day fertilizer solutions, alternating mineral fertilizing with organic.

Reproduction: semi-adhered cuttings( spring), rarely - seeds, cuttings root in the sand.

Features: shoots require garters, sprouting - supports. It is best to feel in the bottom of the winter garden. The container for keeping bougainvillea must be large( with a margin).To enhance flowering from February to March shoots are desirable to prune.