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Hey there, I’m Sunny, your garden storyteller today. Come with me on a journey into the fiery world of the bougainvillea…
Did you know that this brilliant plant was named after a globe-trotting French admiral, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, during his 18th-century voyage? It was botanist Philibert Commerson—and possibly his disguised assistant, Jeanne Baret—who first noticed the plant near Rio de Janeiro and dubbed it in honor of the admiral.
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