Gardening

[Mr.P]

Some "green dragon" steeping here... 😀

 

[Goodness Nose]

Some "green dragon" steeping here... 😀

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bodacious looking batch!

 

[Mr.P]

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[Goodness Nose]

dunno what it is, but its growing along a customer's tree line. who needs AI when you can get pictures like this for your phone background XD

 

[Mr.P]

dunno what it is, but its growing along a customer's tree line. who needs AI when you can get pictures like this for your phone background XD

Bougainvillea?

 

[User]

I need AI

I just asked ChatGPT what this is, and it's bougainvillea.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

You'll know it's a bougainvillea if it's also covered in long very sharp thorns. It's easy to get caught up in it if you're cutting it back. Ouch!

 

[Goodness Nose]

I need AI

I just asked ChatGPT what this is, and it's bougainvillea.

people take them out of their pots here, and they grow about 30ft in a year. ive seen em go bonkers and have to cut down massive bushes of it lol

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

people take them out of their pots here, and they grow about 30ft in a year. ive seen em go bonkers and have to cut down massive bushes of it lol

I think we have the very same climate here in Sth East Qld as you do over in Florida. I've seen these bastards pull down fences in their desire for other things to climb on. They seriously have a mind of their own lol. I wonder where they're originally from? I've seen them growing in Thailand as well.

 

[Goodness Nose]

I think we have the very same climate here in Sth East Qld as you do over in Florida. I've seen these bastards pull down fences in their desire for other things to climb on. They seriously have a mind of their own lol. I wonder where they're originally from? I've seen them growing in Thailand as well.

someone thought they were pretty, grew fast, and could make a buncha money. worked out too! lol

 

[Mr.P]

I was curious too so I looked it up:

Bougainvillea (/ˌbuːɡənˈvɪli.ə/ BOO-gən-VIL-ee-ə, US also /ˌboʊ-/ BOH-) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. They are native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Argentina.

 

[Matheus Alves]

I was curious too so I looked it up:

Bougainvillea (/ˌbuːɡənˈvɪli.ə/ BOO-gən-VIL-ee-ə, US also /ˌboʊ-/ BOH-) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. They are native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Argentina.

I see a lot of bougainvillea here in Brazil. The flowers can be purple, pink, red, orange and even white. And there is dwarf version of it

 

[soulfoud]

Trivia: both the plant genus and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands were named for French officer and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville, though as far as I can tell no bougainvillea grows on Bougainville Island.

 

[Goodness Nose]

I see a lot of bougainvillea here in Brazil. The flowers can be purple, pink, red, orange and even white. And there is dwarf version of it

i saw one today that had purple blooms down low, and bright red ones way up about 50 feet. shoulda got pics!

 

[Goodness Nose]

Trivia: both the plant genus and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands were named for French officer and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville, though as far as I can tell no bougainvillea grows on Bougainville Island.

lol just like Spanish moss has nothing to do with Spain 😜

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

I see a lot of bougainvillea here in Brazil. The flowers can be purple, pink, red, orange and even white. And there is dwarf version of it

Pretty sure you can get a thornless version as well which is a good start lol.

 

[Matheus Alves]

Pretty sure you can get a thornless version as well which is a good start lol.

I have never seen a thornless version. I think it doesn't exist

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

I have never seen a thornless version. I think it doesn't exist

There are a number of them.

 

[Goodness Nose]

plumeria seed collecting today!

 

[Goodness Nose]

there's today's haul. lots of new plants in there!