Bougainvillea

The most photographed house in Sirmione. The house with the beautiful giant Bougainvillea.

These plants are shrubby or herbaceous, evergreen or deciduous, most climbing. In the open nature, they become up to 4 m high. They have irate twigs and insignificant flowers. The flowers are surrounded by strikingly colored, papery bracts that remain on the plant for a long time.

Bougainvillea was found for the first time in the second half of the 18th century, during an expedition over which the French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville was in charge.