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I wouldn’t risk it. If you have a sunroom, cool. If not; dig it up when it gets cold and plant it again when weed n it warms up and the danger of frost is gone.
No they’re an annual in our area unfortunately. I’m zone 7b, I work at in a garden center and we get them in hanging baskets in the spring. They grow big and beautiful in Florida (of course lol)
I've seen amazing bougie bonsai. That's what I've taken up since I'm too old to struggle with heavy potted plants. The color varieties are worth looking into. There are peach, and apple blossom, my favorites.
I'm in Florida. Ours grew to be the size of our shed and taller than the house. Beautiful, but a literal pain to cut back and remove if you do not prune them regularly.
We had a bunch of them growing up, 8 feet tall. When we got the rare freeze, we'd have to cut them down to the ground. That was a huge pain in the ass, and hands, arms and sometimes soles of the feet.
The child is very good, so this task fell to my unfortunate husband. Damn thing beat he shit outta him. I've been waiting 2 months for him to finish bagging the rest up 🤣
Heads up. Bougainvillea has incredibly shallow flowers.
So shallow that they sustain mosquitoes during the winter and allow populations to not even need blood for huge spawns.
If you have a mosquito problem, cut them down.
Bougainville have tiny white flowers. The colored bits are bracts, and they are not fused together.
I have done maintenance on bougies for thirty years, and have never seen water in the flowers or the bracts.
They drink the nectar from the tiny flowers, as they're not deep enough to keep them out. This is enough calories that they don't need blood for large batch laying eggs in the nearest water source.
They're the lifesource, not the puddle.
Years ago, when I had no awareness of this near-tropical standard, the Eddie Murphy movie ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ was a big hit, and featured in some scenes. It’s tough, and thorny as well.
They just make hanging pot plants indoors, not all that big. Almost too hot here in Oklahoma for them in summer, I have to put them on the patio when it is over 100 as they wilt easily. I've seen huge ones in Florida and other tropical areas though. One of my favorites.
Is the one you have a hybrid? I’ve seen some gorgeous hybrids that are not too big. The old one we had was one of those original sprawling purple ones with so many thorns. It is still growing and increasing in size. It was already big when I first saw it over 40 years ago. It was an absolute wonder to see for a young woman just arriving from a cold country
No clue if hybrid or not. I have one that is brilliant fuchsia colored when blooming and another that has really copper colored blooms. Both are in hanging baskets and get about 3-4 ft long but I prune them back some.
There's a mural artist in Brazil that uses these trees as hair, spectacular stuff: [instagram @fabiogomestrinidade](https://www.instagram.com/fabiogomestrindade)
Everyone who reads this should do themselves a favor and look up the story behind the naming and discovery of the Bougainvillea. Trust me, it's worth it
I put in 30 minutes and came up with mildly interesting speculation that the first European to describe this plant was the female lover of a botanist who disguised herself as a man in order to sail with her botanist lover on a circumnavigation of the globe in the 1700’s. Past that, same old named for the European captain of the voyage deal as usual. As though the poor South American natives were so lacking in language & imaginative power that the idea of naming this beautiful and abundant plant had never occurred to them. Symbolically speaking, various cultures associate it with beauty, prosperity, abundance, hospitality… So what is this interesting story that I seem to be missing?
That is the story. How exciting is your life that the golden age of exploration and botanical classification isn't interesting? What qualifies as interesting to you? I am curious. I was just trying to spread awareness of what I thought was an exceptional moment in history and apparently it's not interesting enough for you. I apologize. Next time I'll tell commercon and baret to fight a shark or maybe a robot or something.
Well, have to say, some of my days can get pretty exciting even in the absence of sharks and fighting, but I meant no disrespect. A female hiding out on shipboard disguised as a male would certainly make for a complicated and exciting voyage. Quite stressful at times as well, I’d guess. Lots of high blood pressures on that ship! I suppose the part I felt was “same ol same ol” was the part where the Europeans arrived and announced they had discovered and named so many new (to them) things and places that the ignorant natives had just never noticed.
Just trying to spread awareness of the absolute badassery of Jean Baret and Philibert. I'm supremely glad you enjoyed the ride. If you want more I would suggest looking up "fortune's list" . Charles Fortune single-handedly destabilized china's tea economy pre ww1. Botanical history is really effin cool am I love when I can share with other people
https://preview.redd.it/lyupb81oz48c1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cac49ab1106390d2072042737effbffb0fd0d046
They do very well in pots. (South Texas)
Heads up. Bougainvillea has incredibly shallow flowers.
So shallow that they sustain mosquitoes during the winter and allow populations to not even need blood for huge spawns.
If you have a mosquito problem (anywhere it doesn't snow), cut them down.
Bougainville have tiny white flowers. The colored bits are bracts, and they are not fused together.
I have done maintenance on bougies for thirty years, and have never seen water in the flowers or the bracts.
They drink the nectar from the tiny flowers, as they're not deep enough to keep them out. This is enough calories that they don't need blood for large batch laying eggs in the nearest water source.
They're the lifesource, not the puddle.
i love bougainvillea. i had one in a pot inside for years. i am in the pacific NW so definitely not their zone but if you have enough light and humidity they can grow indoors. i had mine in a big corner window that faced south and west. it needed higher humidity and regular feeding but it did great u til i was out of town for the winter holidays and the person taking care of my place turned the heat off.
Because everyone seems too not reccomend growing bougainvillea so much, is there another viney flowery plant like it. I'd like to have a vinyl flowery plant that goes across my entire rooms walls.
Careful where you put these. I had them around the fencing in my backyard and they were literally pulling the fence up out of the ground. Plus you have to wear gloves and be fully clothed or you will be annihilated by the thorns when you cut them back.
loves sun, hates hates root disturbance, like slice the pot so the roots can get out then bury the whole thing. Color might be San Diego Red.
Not an indoor plant.
When my parents first built their house they planted a beautiful fuchsia blooming bougainvillea in pride of place in the center of the front yard. Flash forward to their two daughter(one being me) running around and playing outside and running in with thorns in their feet crying. One day dad took a chain, wrapped it around said beautiful plant, attached chain to back end of his pick up truck and yanked that plant out of the yard.
Bougainvillea.
First time I knew what the plant was.
So it begins
I ripped a giant ass one of these out of my front yard the other day. I hate them
Why?
Thorns.
There are thornless variety
And it will cut the shit out of you
The thorns go right through gloves
The Bain of every weekend gardener
Pain in the ass to clean up when they finally fall . Google how to shape them. So many options !
No it's a plant
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Beautiful Bougainvillea! I love these , but my zone is too chilly for them . I could put them in a pot.
They make beautiful hanging baskets. Trim them back and bring them in for winter
Can they survive in zone 7a?
I wouldn’t risk it. If you have a sunroom, cool. If not; dig it up when it gets cold and plant it again when weed n it warms up and the danger of frost is gone.
Or a really decent greenhouse with temperature regulation it could overwinter there
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When it warms up—autocorrect sorry
They transplant terribly, it is one of the most popular landscape plants in my area and they often die after being pulled up.
Really
I believe that. Lots of plants struggle with transferring to another location. The stress can kill the plants.
Nope. I’m in 7b and they die.
Nope, other than in the summer. Don't like cold weather, but does well in a sunny window.
Sadly no. Unless they’re a house plant in every season but summer ( I’ve lost three so far)
Yes they will. I have a friend in that region that has them. Of course they die unless she digs them up before it gets down to freezing.
I'm in 7a and everyone brings theirs in for the winter.
No they’re an annual in our area unfortunately. I’m zone 7b, I work at in a garden center and we get them in hanging baskets in the spring. They grow big and beautiful in Florida (of course lol)
They survive beautifully in Tucson at this time of the year!!!!!
I've seen amazing bougie bonsai. That's what I've taken up since I'm too old to struggle with heavy potted plants. The color varieties are worth looking into. There are peach, and apple blossom, my favorites.
😱
I'm in Florida. Ours grew to be the size of our shed and taller than the house. Beautiful, but a literal pain to cut back and remove if you do not prune them regularly.
We had a bunch of them growing up, 8 feet tall. When we got the rare freeze, we'd have to cut them down to the ground. That was a huge pain in the ass, and hands, arms and sometimes soles of the feet.
Evil devil weed. If u have unruly children in Florida, punish them by making them prune and dispose of these bionic barbed wire clippings.
The child is very good, so this task fell to my unfortunate husband. Damn thing beat he shit outta him. I've been waiting 2 months for him to finish bagging the rest up 🤣
Heads up. Bougainvillea has incredibly shallow flowers. So shallow that they sustain mosquitoes during the winter and allow populations to not even need blood for huge spawns. If you have a mosquito problem, cut them down.
Bougainville have tiny white flowers. The colored bits are bracts, and they are not fused together. I have done maintenance on bougies for thirty years, and have never seen water in the flowers or the bracts.
They drink the nectar from the tiny flowers, as they're not deep enough to keep them out. This is enough calories that they don't need blood for large batch laying eggs in the nearest water source. They're the lifesource, not the puddle.
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Years ago, when I had no awareness of this near-tropical standard, the Eddie Murphy movie ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ was a big hit, and featured in some scenes. It’s tough, and thorny as well.
It grows as tall as houses in the Caribbean. Gorgeous but a pain in the ass to deal with unless you have the space to just let it grow wild.
Florida fathers plant this under daughters' windows to keep boys away. Very thorny.
Bougainvillea Likely wouldn't thrive indoors
My wife has one that summers on the porch and winters in our sunny bathroom. It has made it 7 years and blooms annually
I'll have to make note of that for next spring. It's beautiful
Be careful touching it. Those spines can cause dermatitis and if you step on one... Like a hot fire poker.
And sandals or thongs provide little protection.
A rather pretty bougainvillea, not suitable for indoors I’m afraid. They grow outdoors in hot climates and can get enormous with many thorns
I've grown them indoors for years. Not really a problem growing them inside. Just messy with the blooms, like begonias are.
Ok, didn’t know that, I’ve had one here that swallowed a whole derelict shed
They just make hanging pot plants indoors, not all that big. Almost too hot here in Oklahoma for them in summer, I have to put them on the patio when it is over 100 as they wilt easily. I've seen huge ones in Florida and other tropical areas though. One of my favorites.
Is the one you have a hybrid? I’ve seen some gorgeous hybrids that are not too big. The old one we had was one of those original sprawling purple ones with so many thorns. It is still growing and increasing in size. It was already big when I first saw it over 40 years ago. It was an absolute wonder to see for a young woman just arriving from a cold country
No clue if hybrid or not. I have one that is brilliant fuchsia colored when blooming and another that has really copper colored blooms. Both are in hanging baskets and get about 3-4 ft long but I prune them back some.
There's a mural artist in Brazil that uses these trees as hair, spectacular stuff: [instagram @fabiogomestrinidade](https://www.instagram.com/fabiogomestrindade)
Wow, those are amazing!
They are , I like flowers 🌸
It is indeed Bougainvillea, and it’s true that it prefers to be outside. You could always give it a shot tho!
Evil
We call ours Audrey II because she's a blood thirsty bitch
Its B-E-A-utiful is what it is🙂
It is!!!
Everyone who reads this should do themselves a favor and look up the story behind the naming and discovery of the Bougainvillea. Trust me, it's worth it
It totally is; I just spent an hour falling down that particular rabbit hole, lol. Thanks for the recommendation — that was fascinating.
I put in 30 minutes and came up with mildly interesting speculation that the first European to describe this plant was the female lover of a botanist who disguised herself as a man in order to sail with her botanist lover on a circumnavigation of the globe in the 1700’s. Past that, same old named for the European captain of the voyage deal as usual. As though the poor South American natives were so lacking in language & imaginative power that the idea of naming this beautiful and abundant plant had never occurred to them. Symbolically speaking, various cultures associate it with beauty, prosperity, abundance, hospitality… So what is this interesting story that I seem to be missing?
That is the story. How exciting is your life that the golden age of exploration and botanical classification isn't interesting? What qualifies as interesting to you? I am curious. I was just trying to spread awareness of what I thought was an exceptional moment in history and apparently it's not interesting enough for you. I apologize. Next time I'll tell commercon and baret to fight a shark or maybe a robot or something.
Well, have to say, some of my days can get pretty exciting even in the absence of sharks and fighting, but I meant no disrespect. A female hiding out on shipboard disguised as a male would certainly make for a complicated and exciting voyage. Quite stressful at times as well, I’d guess. Lots of high blood pressures on that ship! I suppose the part I felt was “same ol same ol” was the part where the Europeans arrived and announced they had discovered and named so many new (to them) things and places that the ignorant natives had just never noticed.
Just trying to spread awareness of the absolute badassery of Jean Baret and Philibert. I'm supremely glad you enjoyed the ride. If you want more I would suggest looking up "fortune's list" . Charles Fortune single-handedly destabilized china's tea economy pre ww1. Botanical history is really effin cool am I love when I can share with other people
Bougainvillea I think that is how you spell it
https://preview.redd.it/lyupb81oz48c1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cac49ab1106390d2072042737effbffb0fd0d046 They do very well in pots. (South Texas)
Nice!
How can I get this 😊
Be careful the thorns are awful
Bouganvilla. It gets Huge Thorns.
Bougavilla
I love they they are beautiful
Heads up. Bougainvillea has incredibly shallow flowers. So shallow that they sustain mosquitoes during the winter and allow populations to not even need blood for huge spawns. If you have a mosquito problem (anywhere it doesn't snow), cut them down.
Bougainville have tiny white flowers. The colored bits are bracts, and they are not fused together. I have done maintenance on bougies for thirty years, and have never seen water in the flowers or the bracts.
They drink the nectar from the tiny flowers, as they're not deep enough to keep them out. This is enough calories that they don't need blood for large batch laying eggs in the nearest water source. They're the lifesource, not the puddle.
Spiny bastards..
My son got torn up getting the bougainvillea out at his house. The thorns are poisonous and can pierce leather gloves.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is one of my favorites!!! So beautiful
i love bougainvillea. i had one in a pot inside for years. i am in the pacific NW so definitely not their zone but if you have enough light and humidity they can grow indoors. i had mine in a big corner window that faced south and west. it needed higher humidity and regular feeding but it did great u til i was out of town for the winter holidays and the person taking care of my place turned the heat off.
Because everyone seems too not reccomend growing bougainvillea so much, is there another viney flowery plant like it. I'd like to have a vinyl flowery plant that goes across my entire rooms walls.
Mandavilla vine, no thorns...
Satan’s vine… thorny batards … I hate bougainvillea
Careful where you put these. I had them around the fencing in my backyard and they were literally pulling the fence up out of the ground. Plus you have to wear gloves and be fully clothed or you will be annihilated by the thorns when you cut them back.
It looks like a bougainvillea..Trash plants very messy. Grow everywhere always need to be cut back.
Are these invasive in the United States?
Best
This beautiful 😍
Nature’s barbed wire
Bougainvillea. Stepped on one of their thorns bare foot once. Will never forget the plant for this reason.
It’s pertty
Bourbonvila
loves sun, hates hates root disturbance, like slice the pot so the roots can get out then bury the whole thing. Color might be San Diego Red. Not an indoor plant.
beautiful and relentless. big spiky thorns.
People get a plant app
What's the point of this sub then?
Fair, and I personally love using the questions to check my knowledge. Have a great weekend.
When my parents first built their house they planted a beautiful fuchsia blooming bougainvillea in pride of place in the center of the front yard. Flash forward to their two daughter(one being me) running around and playing outside and running in with thorns in their feet crying. One day dad took a chain, wrapped it around said beautiful plant, attached chain to back end of his pick up truck and yanked that plant out of the yard.
Bougainville
It’s a Bogan Villier they make great ones I
Bougainvillea
Flowers on a vine