Now, the server has started putting advertisements on each page. I do not benifit from these nor do I endorse them in any way. T he purpose for this website is to provide enough information about this wonderful plant so that anyone interested in growing it will have the necessary knowledge to be successful. I am a retired nursery owner who specialized in Bougainvilleas.
Bougainvilleas are beautiful climbing plants indigenous to tropical South America.
I have search the web for Jan's book - it may be found here I recommend it highly. I like to refer to the Bougainvillea as a native of Brazil whose showy 'flowers' are actually papery bracts. Bougainvillea seems to capture the very essence of the Latin American tropics with its lush foliage and electic, sensational colors. Bougainvilleas grow and bloom in cycles. The bloom cycle is usually about 5-6 weeks long, then all the bracts fall off.