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bougainvillea 'Margaret Bacon' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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bougainvillea 'Margaret Bacon'

Bougainvillea spectabilis 'Margaret Bacon'

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Bougainvillea
Family: Nyctaginaceae

About this plant

A tender, woody-stemmed scrambling schrub to 5m high, with thorny stems and downy, light green ovate leaves, evergreen if kept in warm conditions. Produces clusters of showy, bright pink bracts around small, tubular white flowers in summer

Growing Information

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Semi Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

Loam

AcidNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow outdoors in frost-free areas, or indoors in a loam-based potting compost (John Innes No 3) in full light. May lose leaves if temperatures fall below 8°C (46°F), but this should not affect the following season's growth as long as the plant is protected from frost and freezing temperatures. Water regularly and feed monthly from spring to autumn

Pruning

Pruning group 12 (after flowering)

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring, or semi-hardwood cuttings in summer, or by layering in early autumn or spring

Pests

May be susceptible to red spider mites, mealybugs, aphids and whitefly

Diseases

Generally disease-free

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalGround Cover

Planting Places

PrairieGravel Garden

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Habit

Columnar Upright

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years