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Native
to the Brazilian forests, Bouganvillea owes its name to
the navigator and explorer Luis-Antoine de Bouganville,
who has discovered it during one of his voyages by half 18th
century. It has little oval-shaped flowers with beautiful shades
between rosy-carmine and pink-lilac. Its flowering is wonderful
and blossom time is very long. From June to September it has a shrub
aspect and can reach 6-9 meters of tallness.
Its branches are slightly thorny.
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