Zambia National Flower – Bougainvillea

Zambia’s national flower is the bougainvillea, prefer warm humid climate, not cold, only in 3 ℃ above the safety of winter, 15 ℃ or more before flowering. Hi adequate light. Strict requirements on the soil, in well-drained, rich with minerals grow well in heavy clay loam, anti-poor, alkali, drought-resistant, avoid water, resistance to cutting.

Bougainvillea originating in South America, Brazil, until about the 1830s cultivation spread to Europe, and now cultivated throughout china. It likes the warm and humid, sunny environment, not cold, in addition to the south to winter in open field cultivation, plants and other areas are subject to greenhouse cultivation. Soil sandy loam with good drainage is most appropriate. Common Bougainvillea cuttings, nursery easy, May and June, scissor mature woody branches, length 20 cm, pot into the sand, covered with glass, moist, about a month to take root, develop two to bloom. Of whole flowering period is very long, up to three or four months. Petals during flowering, leaves more to be cleared in time to keep fresh and beautiful. Three Yemei is a vine health, breeding simple. In the early spring or late autumn, only it’s stem cuttings in the soil, one month can take root, grow foliage. Can bloom the second year it’s a very long flowering period, usually around January. Flower leaves longer, spend more and the beautiful, flowering for the year is generally in the South in October to early June the following year.