I’ve came across this beautiful flower when I walked passed a community garden … I asked my mum if she knows the plant and she gave me a Chinese name “九重葛属”… A quick search online shows 九重葛属 translate to Bougainvillea …
Bougainvillea is actually quite a common plant that people grows because our climate/weather is really suitable for its growth!
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Do you have a Bougainvillea in your garden?
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Yes
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No
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Hmm… I’ve no idea where these usually grows …
I guess just enjoy its beauty then :p
too many strokes- I know nine, of course, and some of the radicals but I can’t read the last three characters…
九重葛 is read as Jiu chong ge … the last word is (属)”shu” which actually is not included as the name of the plant, it actually means “belonging” or “in the same family”…along this line.
and the 2nd word, “重” is also the same word use for heavy. when its use for heavy, it’s read as “zhong”. Chinese have same character that have 2 (or even 3) pronunciations and meanings.
xie xie, that was quite informative!
Beautiful flower, I do not have it in my garden
I thought it was lovely too!
I was captured by it and that’s why I snapped it
I love Bugenvili, but I did not manage to raise it because the climate is colder.
Oh, that’s a pity…
but you can grow other plants which are equally pretty 🙂
I know the plant and it is a great pretty plant to grow if you don’t want people climbing your fence, it is prickly
Really? I didn’t notice it has thorns… maybe I was too focused on the flowers …
I have had to cut it off someone’s place and it tore me to shreds…I think it is good protection from burglars and discourages them from climbing fences.
And here it is. Blooms red, white and yellow.
Oh, didn’t know they comes in so many colours!!
We have a flower in common! I love this one. So pretty.
Hehe, finally!
And I still thought it’s hard to find a common plant since our climates are quite different!
But we never know :p
Yes, we have a lot of this plant in our area. It seems it thrives well in hot places. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for dropping by, Sharon 🙂