What plants made your garden look vibrant and alive during the hot summer days? March to May are summer months or hot dry season in the Philippines when temperatures rise from 30 degrees Celsius or higher. It is not an ideal time to start growing a new plant but it is bloom time for some flowering plants and fruit-bearing trees that can withstand the scorching heat of the sun. BOUGAINVILLEA Bougainvillea flowers signal the onset of the dry season. Classified as a thorny vine, the bougainvillea plant comes in different colors of red, pink, yellow, violet, white or a combination of white and pink among others. Bougainvillea plants can be expensive depending on the extent of its growth and variety, and yet they are very easy to source and grow from stem cuttings. For a start, you can buy a small pot of the plant and cut one or two stems for planting. Take a walk in the park or around the neighborhood and you may chance upon someone trimming their bougainvillea. A visit to the memorial p
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