- It’s an everblooming perennial that bears flowers in colors like pink, red, rose, magenta, yellow, white, and orange.
- Moreover, new cultivars are coming with variegated foliage and a combination of two-three flower colors.
- Bougainvilleas are available in shrub form, semi-dwarf and dwarf cultivars for containers and flower beds.
- There are climbing varieties that can cover your ugly walls and entrance beautifully. And, if you’re about thorns, there’re thornless species too.
- They are extremely low maintenance, celebrate heat, and tolerate scarcity of water.
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If you live in a hot climate, for a year-round look, low maintenance, and colors–Create a bougainvillea flower bed. It’s rewarding, especially, if you’re a busy person.
Also Read: Container Gardening Arrangements for Busy Gardeners
2. Grow bougainvillea in a pot
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Whether you live in a hot climate or cold climate, bougainvillea is the best container plant. It loves being root bound, keep it in full sun and water moderately to keep it on a drier side.
3. For the best garden border
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Plant bougainvilleas to make your garden border more exciting and colorful.
4. Best entrance shrub
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Plant them in containers on your entrance door or grow them in a plant bed with other arid climate plants.
Also Read: Tall Planter Ideas to Increase the Curb Appeal
5. Train them as a climber
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You can even grow a climbing variety in your balcony or rooftop in a large pot and support it with a sturdy trellis.
6. One of the best pergola plants
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Bougainvillea is undoubtedly one of the best pergola plants. We even added it to our list here.
Also Read: Easy Landscaping Tips
7. Bougainvillea Topiary
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Bougainvilleas make fantastic topiaries. You can shape them easily as they’re fast growing and supple, when young.
Also Read: 12 Indoor Topiary Ideas
8. Beautiful Bonsai Specimen
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This fast-growing shrub is one of the best bonsai trees. Many more are here!
9. Create a Bougainvillea Container Garden
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Grow different color species of bougainvilleas in your container garden or dedicate a space to them.
Also Read: 5 Contemporary Garden Design Ideas
10. Grow them in Hanging Baskets
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If everything else in this list of bougainvillea uses for landscapers and gardeners is not enough, you can also grow this amazing ornamental plant in hanging baskets.