Bougainvillea × buttiana
COMMON NAME | 'Miss Manila' |
TYPE | Shrub |
FAMILY | Nyctaginaceae |
NOTES | A cross between B. glabra and B. peruviana is an
evergreen vine, which will spread horizontally or climbing upwards. The colourful papery ‘blooms’ are not
flowers but modified leaves called bracts that come in threes, surrounding
the true flowers which are white, trumpet shaped and almost unnoticeable
within the bracts. Miss Manila is a favorite hybrid, created in the
Philippines and brought to Hawai’i in the late 1960’s by Donald Angus. Very drought-tolerant |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | South America |
NATIVE HABITAT | Dry tropical, sea
level to 3000 ft |
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