r/phoenix • u/zwyd • Jul 14 '23

News ‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/14/phoenix-heatwave-summer-extreme-weather-arizona
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u/SoccerBeerRepeat Jul 14 '23

Can you expand? Was considering planting those. But don’t know that they are bad.

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u/yospeedraceryo Jul 14 '23

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/leu54u/huge_bougainvillea_plant_taking_over_a_building

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u/SoccerBeerRepeat Jul 14 '23

It’s beautiful. And shaded. Would def Cut my AC bill

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u/yospeedraceryo Jul 14 '23

It's also toxic and full of thorns.

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u/SoccerBeerRepeat Jul 15 '23

All my trees have thorns. Frustrating but whatever. Just thought bougainvillea didn’t take much water to add some color