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Bougainvillea

🐾 Pet-safe

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Category
Balcony
Light
Full sun
Watering
Every 7-10 days
Difficulty
Easy
Mature size
Climbs several metres if trained on a trellis, or kept as a 1-1.5m compact shrub with pruning
Pet safety
Non-toxic to cats and dogs.

Growing note

One of the toughest, most neglect-tolerant flowering plants for an Indian balcony, and counterintuitively flowers best when watered a little less rather than more; established plants can go 7-10 days between waterings, longer than most flowering plants on this list. Non-toxic to cats and dogs if chewed, but the sharp thorns are a real hazard on their own and worth keeping in mind around pets and small children.

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