What are the common varieties of bougainvillea

Silver Leaf White Bougainvillea

The leaves are variegated, with grass green centers and white edges, hence the name Silver Edge. The leaves are thin and oblong. The thorns on the stem are small and inconspicuous, and the branches are soft. The bracts are pure white and the flowering period is from October to February of the following year.

Double red bougainvillea

The leaves are large and thick, dark green and dull, oval in shape, the bud cores and young leaves are dark red, the branches are hard and upright, the stem thorns are small, the bracts are bright red, the flowers are bright, and the flowering period is March to May and September to November.

Green leaf orange bougainvillea

The leaves are emerald green and dull, large, thin and oval in shape. The bud core and young leaves are dark green, the stem has small thorns, the branches are hard and upright, the leaf-like bracts are orange-red, and the flowering period is March-May and August-October.

Lady Ava Bougainvillea

It has round green leaves, double flowers, and bright red-purple leaf-shaped buds. The leaves are ovate to ovate-elliptical, gradually pointed to acute at the tip, and most are 5 cm long. The pedicels are red, the bracts are edged in pink and rose red, and the apex is gradually pointed; the stamens and calyx are degenerated into bracts, the same color as the bracts, and the inflorescence is umbel.

California Golden Bougainvillea

The leaves are dark green, oval, gradually pointed to acute at the tip, and the lobes at the top of the calyx tube are white-yellow. The flowering period is from September to May of the following year. The yellow variety reaches its peak flowering period in autumn every year, but its cold resistance is not as good as that of ordinary bougainvillea, and it needs a temperature above 10℃ to survive the winter safely.

Light purple bougainvillea

The leaves are oval, and the flowers are light purple, but the number of flowers is small and the flowers are small.

Cherry Blossom Bougainvillea

Also known as green-leaf cherry, the leaves are grass green, thin, oval in shape, the buds and young leaves are light green, the branches are soft, and the bracts gradually change from white in the center of the flower to light red, pink, and finally dark red. The flower color gradually changes from light to dark. The flowering period is from March to June and October to December.