Bougainvillea x buttiana - Assorted

Already tall and dramatic on a 4’ bamboo trellis, they’ll continue climbing with additional support, or as a ground cover scrambling over walls and embankments. Bougainvillea vines are THORNY, so choose their location thoughtfully especially if you have children & pets, and use caution when pruning the plant.

Roots like to be slightly crowded, so they’re particularly suited to growing in pots. When transplanting, be careful with the thin, delicate roots. Use gritty, loose soil that drains well. Or, leave them in the grow pot they came in, and drop it in a decorative container for an instant plantscape. We like to conceal the soil & grow pot with a top layer of Spanish moss.

Water when the soil is quite dry, but don’t let it dry out completely. Bougainvillea is not as drought-tolerant in a pot as it would be planted and established in-ground.

Bougainvillea is a tropical plant that doesn’t like to go below 30 degrees. They can withstand one or two nights of a light freeze but anything more and they'll die. Potted plants can live indoors for the winter, if enough light is available, but generally they’re grown as an annual in Salt Lake City.

Here is a great article on overwintering a bougainvillea indoors.