bougainvillea
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Bougainvillea in Mexico. The flowers are small, and surrounded by large brightly coloured bracts.
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The climbing plant bougainvillea, of the family Nyctaginaceae, is a species native to the American tropical zone, and is renowned for its abundance of bright flowers. Plants such as this one in the Dominican Republic will grow all year round in the warmth and rich, loamy, well-drained soil of these regions. Further north, they need protecting in winter from temperatures under 10°C/50°F.
Any plant of a group of South American tropical vines of the four o'clock family, now cultivated in warm countries around the world for the colourful red and purple bracts (leaflike structures) that cover the flowers. They are named after the French navigator Louis de Bougainville. (Genus Bougainvillea, family Nyctaginaceae.)
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