Bougainvillea
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The bougainvillea plant was named after French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Gardeners around the world love bougainvillea for its vivid, profuse blooms and lovely deep green leaves. Technically a woody-stemmed vine, this plant can be utilized in a wide variety of ways around residential and commercial properties.
Know before you buy: all bougainvillea plants have thorns. Big or small, thorns are thorns, and this plant boasts impressive two-inch spikes up and down its stems. Bougainvillea tends to grow in every direction unless regularly pruned—and pruning means dealing with piles of injury-inflicting clippings. Bougainvillea thorns make the plant not always ideal for growing next to a pool or over an outdoor patio/kitchen area. Children and pets are especially vulnerable to getting poked.
Bougainvillea plants must be maintained. The longer they are left unpruned, the more unruly they become. Many a bougainvillea becomes an extensive re-claiming project after being neglected. Save yourself the hassle (and pain) of that project by pruning your bougainvillea regularly.
Bougainvillea is an extremely versatile plant. It is special because it can be trained to grow into any form. The nature of this plant is to grow vigorously in every direction. Train your bougainvillea by pruning away unwanted tendrils and leaving the plant portions you want.
Bougainvillea can be pruned to short heights and shaped into round shrubs. Like this, they create lush, full space-fillers in beds or gardens. As shaped shrubs, bougainvillea also sit happily lining sidewalks or driveways.
Bougainvillea can also be grown simply as a vine. Growing bougainvillea as a vine unlocks the potential to do freestyle garden scaping. Supported and guided, bougainvillea vines can grow to form a grand archway over a garden path. Or they can weave over a pergola to create a luxurious outdoor seating area. They can also be trained to run up a wall and, given enough time, will spread out to completely cover the side of a building.