Is Le Du Fu a bougainvillea?

Rhododendron and bougainvillea are the same plant. Bougainvillea is also called bougainvillea, clover, bougainvillea, bougainvillea, bougainvillea, bougainvillea, purple jasmine and bougainvillea. Bougainvillea likes warm and humid environment, and it needs to provide sufficient light to promote photosynthesis of plants during the growing period.

Rhododendron Rhododendron, also known as bougainvillea, belongs to Jasminum family and is a woody vine shrub with curved stems and dense villi. Simple leaves alternate, ovate, thick tomentose, obtuse at the top.

The flowers are small, yellow-green, and three flowers are clustered in three red bracts. The peripheral red bracts are big and beautiful, with bright red, orange yellow, purple red and milky white. They are mistaken for petals and are called leaf flowers because of their leaflike shape.

Bougainvillea likes plenty of sunshine. It grows well in well-drained clay loam and well-drained sandy loam. If the soil is too wet, it will cause root rot. The bougainvillea is usually watered on the principle of "not watering, but watering thoroughly".

But in order to make bougainvillea bloom neatly and richly, water must be controlled before flowering. During the bougainvillea growing season in spring and summer, water 1 time every day to ensure the growth of branches and leaves.

The difference between azaleas and bougainvillea;

1, attribute difference

Rhododendron, pomegranate and azalea. It is a deciduous shrub of Ericaceae with many kinds. It is suitable for growing in acidic soil. Bougainvillea belongs to Mirabilis. Bougainvillea is a woody vine shrub, and there is no special requirement for cultivation soil. Their species are different.

2. Flowers are different

There are many kinds of azaleas with bright colors. As far as color is concerned, rhododendrons can be divided into red series, purple series, yellow series, white series, multicolor series and other series. Its flowers are in 2-3 clusters on the branches, some are bright red and some are rose red. The triangular plum blossom is very small, and the red bracts on the periphery are large and leaflike, which is often mistaken for petals.

3. Leaf difference

Rhododendron leaves are oval with dense fluff on them. Because there are many varieties, the leaves have different shapes, such as round, egg-shaped and needle-shaped. The leaves of bougainvillea are oval or oval, relatively large, with smooth surface and hairless distribution, and short hairs will be sparsely distributed on the back of the seedling stage.