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I have a 56-foot-long fence lined with 14 different types of Bougainvillea. They face true East.
Two of them came from PR; the bracts are big and stay true red until past their prime. One has a tendency to grow up to 30-foot branches that are about 6-7 inches thick.
I take 6-inch pieces from a healthy branch (not a twig) that has thorns, stick them in a coffee can filled with a moist mixture of cow manure and plant food, leave them in a warm place (not too much sun), keep the soil damp, and in about 4-6 weeks the pieces sprout leaves.
If not vigilant, nasty green larvae (nasty small moths) can wreak havoc (and I mean leaving a plant completely leafless!) when new growth begins. Systemic Sevin is the solution.
These "ladies" like the ground they're in to be sun-hot; they dislike windy days so they do well against a fence or a wall.

I live in: United States

First registered on July 22,2005.