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Close-up of Bougainvillea Adarna bracts showing multicolour yellow, orange, and deep magenta-pink splashed pattern Medium

'Adarna' (Shikendari)

Bougainvillea × buttiana 'Adarna'

Moderate water Bright indirect
Close-up of Bougainvillea Barbara Karst bracts showing magenta-red color and dark green leaves Medium

'Barbara Karst'

Bougainvillea × buttiana 'Barbara Karst'

Moderate water Bright indirect
Close-up of Bougainvillea California Gold bracts showing golden-yellow color and dark green leaves Medium

'California Gold'

Bougainvillea × buttiana 'California Gold' (syn. Bougainvillea 'Golden Glow')

Moderate water Bright indirect
Close-up of Bougainvillea Elizabeth Angus bracts showing deep purple color and dark green glossy leaves Medium

'Elizabeth Angus' (Purple Bougainvillea)

Bougainvillea glabra 'Elizabeth Angus'

Moderate water Bright indirect
Close-up of Bougainvillea Mary Palmer showing copper-pink transitioning to white bracts Medium

'Mary Palmer'

Bougainvillea (Spectoperuviana Group) 'Mary Palmer'

Moderate water Bright indirect

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'Adarna' (Shikendari)

Bougainvillea 'Adarna' (Shikendari) is a rare collector's cultivar prized for its spectacular multicoloured bracts that shift between yellow, orange, and deep pink-magenta. A prolific bloomer for hot, full-sun gardens, fences, and large containers across tropical India.

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'Barbara Karst'

Bougainvillea 'Barbara Karst' is a vigorous, popular cultivar prized for its brilliant magenta-red bracts and prolific, nearly year-round blooming habit. One of the hardiest bougainvilleas, it thrives in hot, full-sun gardens, on fences and trellises, and in large containers across tropical and subtropical climates.

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'California Gold'

Bougainvillea 'California Gold' is a vigorous and popular cultivar prized for its stunning, warm golden-yellow bracts that sometimes shift to a bronze-orange as they age. A prolific bloomer for hot, full-sun gardens, fences, trellises, and containers across tropical and subtropical climates.