Old man mumble

　The species grow 1 to 12 metres (3 to 39 ft) tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple ovate-acuminate, 4–13 cm long and 2–6 cm broad. The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes called "paper flower" because its bracts are thin and papery. The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene.　ーWikipedia ー

　When giving too much fertilizer and water, the plant will grow abundant foliage with prominent thorns, and the flowers will hardly bloom. By regulating the amount of fertilizer and watering, you can achieve 2 to 3 blooming cycles in a year.