The top choice for summer flowers, as easy to grow as pothos, blooming more brilliantly the hotter it gets, flowering three seasons a year
Introduction
Potted greenery is now an essential accent for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits, as they beautify the living space and lift your mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1142" introduces you to a flower suitable for growing in summer.
Today's featured plant
In the scorching summer, many flowers and plants enter a dormant mode to withstand the high heat and get through the summer safely, so summer flowering plants are not that numerous, and the ones that can be cultivated are even fewer. The flower introduced today is exactly the opposite: the hotter the weather, the more brilliantly it blooms, becoming a bright sight in summer. It is one of the most common flowering plants in summer and is favored by many city landscaping and beautification projects.
Bougainvillea
This flower is the bougainvillea. Friends who have visited cities such as Xiamen or Nanning in summer will certainly find it familiar, as it can be seen all over the streets with a full artistic and fresh vibe, drawing tourists to stop and take photos everywhere. This flower is the city flower of Xiamen. It originated in Brazil in South America, and has been introduced and planted in provinces across both northern and southern China. In the south it can be planted outdoors in the ground, while in the north it is mostly grown indoors in pots for ornament.
The hotter the weather, the more beautiful the blooms
The bougainvillea comes from tropical regions, is tough and resilient, and does not fear high heat or scorching summer. Summer is its peak flowering season, when its blooms are at their most brilliant, with flowers all over the tree competing in beauty, even more numerous than the leaves. Viewed from a distance, only flowers are visible and no leaves, giving an excellent ornamental effect. Not only in summer, in fact this plant blooms in all four seasons in South China, while in northern regions it normally blooms in spring, summer and autumn, with fewer blooms in winter.
Easy to cultivate
The bougainvillea is also extremely easy to care for. Like succulents, it can survive from just a cutting stuck into soil. The specific method is as follows: take a mature branch, keep about 5 leaves, first insert it into water to root, and once rooted it can be transplanted into a flower pot. The secret to daily care and management: water less (water again only after the soil dries out), give plenty of sunlight, and apply light fertilizer frequently. With this management, it will be in great condition and bloom continuously.
The top choice for summer flowers
For beginners, summer is not suitable for growing flowers, especially succulents and herbaceous flowers, where growing one plant is likely to mean paying tuition once more. The bougainvillea, however, is not like that. It has tenacious vitality, is tough and durable, and can be managed extensively with no need for much care, yet it still grows very well, even easier to grow than pothos. In addition, it is also a vine that will climb walls. Keep one on the balcony, do not prune it, and the next year your balcony can become a small garden.