Not the bougainvillea.
In fact, the less water you give it,
The brighter its leaves burn ...
Which – from a distance – are often mistaken as flowers.
That makes the "paper flower" plant a coveted drought-tolerant choice for cascading color (pink, magenta, orange, and white) into Naples' monotonic winter green.
Just watch out for its thorns …
They are pointy!
4 comments:
Those bougainvilleas are gorgeous!! I did not know that they were so drought tolerant.
My Mom, a California gardener, loved the bougainvillea. She live West of LA and had a couple in her backyard.
cascading color all right! beautiful. And what about the photo below it, rock glades? I suppose it both has it place in Nature.
You're right Ciss. At the right time of season they really do light up the landscape.
It was great meeting Mary and Jerry, Jozien -- we sat down for about an hour to discuss Yukon and Florida territory. Thanks for sending them my way.
Folks:
Bougainvillea, like our native and ornamental Poinsettia, uses bracts or leaves to advertise location of tiny flowers which have petals and sepals.
Each Bougainvillea 'flower' has three small whitish yellow tubular flowers. They are tubular with a narrow opening and only a bee or butterfly wit a long thin tongue can access the nectar. On the way in or out the tongue picks up pollen.
It would be interesting to observe whether the different colors of Bougainvillea brats are equally attractive to pollinators.
Dr. Tom
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