El Tinto bougainvillea

The bougainvillea’s popularity in our country is due to its colourful bracts and drought tolerance. It is widespread in South Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. In warmer, sunnier tropical, subtropical, and Mediterranean climates, it is a popular ornamental plant in gardens and public spaces. In more temperate, warmer, or even cooler climates, it is often grown as a container plant or in greenhouses.

In Europe, however, only the more familiar, basic bougainvillea varieties are still to be found. There are several reasons for this. The basic varieties are easier to propagate than the others and more resistant than most of the newer mutations. Since mass production is based on economical propagation, sales by larger nurseries are limited to varieties that are easy and quick to propagate. In addition, sourcing them from outside the European Union is a cumbersome and costly process due to the protection of the common internal market of EU Member States and the strict phytosanitary standards in force.

Despite this, our webshop aims to locate, import and propagate rare, eye-catching bougainvillea varieties, making them available to Mediterranean plant lovers and collectors in the European Union.