{"id":109,"date":"2023-01-24T19:37:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/?p=109"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T06:23:59","slug":"bougainvillea-vines-for-landscaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Bougainvillea Vines for Landscaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" src=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Bougainvillea.jpg\" alt=\"Bougainvillea\" class=\"wp-image-88\" style=\"width:337px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Bougainvillea.jpg 960w, http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Bougainvillea-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Bougainvillea-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Bougainvillea&#8221; doubles as a botanical name (genus name) in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/why-we-use-botanical-nomenclature-2131099\">plant taxonomy<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;as a common name. When using it as a common name, I do not capitalize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botanically, the plants are classified as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/woody-plants-meaning-examples-2131128\">woody<\/a>&nbsp;vines, although they often behave more like shrubs. In fact, they can easily be trained to grow as shrubs (see below). The foliage of these&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/tropical-flowers-you-can-grow-anywhere-4122087\">tropical flowers<\/a>&nbsp;is usually&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/what-are-evergreens-2131045\">evergreen<\/a>&nbsp;in warm climates, but their leaves will sometimes drop if watering has been insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bougainvillea vines are often seen growing against walls (in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/pictures-of-foundation-plantings-4069724\">foundation beds<\/a>, for example)&nbsp;in hot climates, such as in the Mediterranean, in the Caribbean, or in Southern California. However, these vines often need help in climbing, so provide a trellis or train them via espalier. In fact, if unsupported, they may just sprawl across the ground in some cases and function as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/groundcovers-are-low-lying-plants-2131058\">groundcover<\/a>. If you wish to treat them as shrubs, prune them to keep them compact and do not provide them with anything to climb up. Some like the look of bougainvillea growing in containers around pools (they do create that desirable Mediterranean villa look), but their thorns make them less than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/landscaping-around-swimming-pools-2131152\">ideal plants to grow around swimming pools<\/a>&nbsp;(in heavily trafficked areas, at least).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/facebook\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/medal\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twitter\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/medal\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/MyYouTubeName\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/medal\/64x64\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/myusername\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/medal\/64x64\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"mailto:mail@example.com?subject=Contact%20Request\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Contact Us\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/medal\/64x64\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bougainvillea&#8221; doubles as a botanical name (genus name) in&nbsp;plant taxonomy&nbsp;and&nbsp;as a common name. When using it as a common name, I do not capitalize. Botanically, the plants are classified as&nbsp;woody&nbsp;vines, although they often behave more like shrubs. In fact, they can easily be trained to grow as shrubs (see below). The foliage of these&nbsp;tropical flowers&nbsp;is usually&nbsp;evergreen&nbsp;in warm climates, but their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plants","tag-bougainvillea-vines-for-landscaping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avantgardener.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}