Overview

Transform your outdoor space into a vibrant paradise with this stunning bougainvillea live plant. Known for its spectacular, colorful bracts that often overshadow its small true flowers, Bougainvillea is a popular choice for adding dramatic flair to gardens, patios, and landscapes. This particular specimen arrives as a robust 2ft tall plant, carefully nurtured in a 1-gallon pot, ensuring it’s well-established and ready for planting. Bougainvillea is a vigorous, large evergreen vine in warmer climates, celebrated for its prolific blooming from spring through fall, and sometimes even year-round in ideal conditions. Its ease of care and dazzling display make it a favorite among gardeners looking to create a tropical feel. Whether you’re aiming for a colorful wall covering, a striking container plant, or an impressive hedge, this bougainvillea outdoor plant offers versatility and unparalleled beauty.

The ‘Sharon Wesley’ variety, while unbranded here, is known for its exceptional vigor and stunning flower production. The masses of blooms in shades of orange and red provide a vivid splash of color, making it an instant focal point in any setting. This plant is not just about visual appeal; it’s also incredibly hardy once established, tolerating heat and drought conditions beautifully. If you’re searching for a low-maintenance yet high-impact plant to brighten your garden, a bougainvillea live plant is an excellent choice. Its rapid growth and ability to thrive in various forms make it a truly rewarding addition to your plant collection.

Key Benefits

Adding a Bougainvillea to your garden offers numerous advantages, from its stunning aesthetics to its robust nature. This bougainvillea live plant is designed to bring joy and color to your outdoor living spaces.

• Spectacular Blooms: Enjoy an abundance of vibrant orange and red bracts that provide continuous, eye-catching color for months, creating a truly tropical ambiance.
• Versatile Landscaping: Can be grown as a climbing vine on trellises, arbors, or walls, or pruned into a shrub, hedge, or even a colorful groundcover, offering immense flexibility in garden design.
• Heat and Drought Tolerant: Once established, this bougainvillea outdoor plant is incredibly resilient to hot temperatures and periods of drought, making it ideal for xeriscaping or low-water gardens.
• Rapid Growth: Known for its vigorous growth habit, it quickly fills spaces with lush foliage and abundant flowers, providing instant impact and coverage.
• Low Maintenance: Requires minimal care once established, making it suitable for both experienced gardeners and those new to plant care.
• Attracts Pollinators: While the true flowers are small, the vibrant bracts indirectly attract hummingbirds and other pollinators to your garden.
• Evergreen Foliage: In warmer climates, it retains its lush green leaves year-round, ensuring continuous visual interest even when not in full bloom.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your bougainvillea live plant is relatively straightforward, especially once it’s established. Understanding its basic needs will ensure a profusion of beautiful blooms. Bougainvillea thrives in full sun, requiring at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day to produce its best color. Inadequate light will result in leggy growth and fewer blooms. For watering, allow the soil to dry out completely between waterings, then water deeply. Bougainvillea prefers slightly dry conditions and can be prone to root rot if overwatered. Good drainage is crucial.

When it comes to soil, a well-draining potting mix is essential for container plants, and garden soil should be amended to ensure good drainage for in-ground planting. Bougainvillea is not particular about soil pH but prefers a slightly acidic to neutral range. Fertilize sparingly, especially with high-nitrogen fertilizers, as this can promote leafy growth at the expense of flowers. A balanced fertilizer or one higher in phosphorus and potassium during the blooming season is ideal. Pruning is important for shaping and encouraging more blooms; prune after a flush of flowers to encourage new growth and subsequent blooming cycles. Protect your bougainvillea outdoor plant from frost; in colder zones, it can be grown in containers and brought indoors during winter or treated as an annual.

Size & Details

This bougainvillea live plant arrives as a well-rooted specimen, standing approximately 2ft tall. It is shipped in a 1-gallon nursery pot, providing a healthy root system ready for transplanting into your garden or a larger container. Bougainvillea is a fast-growing vine, typically reaching heights of 10-30 feet or more when trellised, and can spread significantly if allowed. When grown as a shrub, it can be maintained at a more compact size through regular pruning. Expect blooms to appear in warm months, with peak flowering in spring, summer, and fall. The plant’s mature size and growth rate will depend on your climate, growing conditions, and pruning regimen. This robust bougainvillea vine is ready to establish quickly and begin producing its spectacular orange and red blooms.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this bougainvillea live plant get? A: This bougainvillea is shipped at approximately 2ft tall in a 1-gallon pot. When mature and given proper support, it can grow as a vine up to 10-30 feet or more, depending on the variety and growing conditions.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: The bougainvillea plant is shipped in a 1-gallon nursery pot, which is suitable for its current size and provides a healthy root ball for transplanting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: Bougainvillea is primarily an bougainvillea outdoor plant that thrives in warm, sunny climates. In USDA zones 9-11, it can be grown outdoors year-round. In colder zones, it can be grown in containers and brought indoors during winter or treated as an annual.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: Bougainvillea requires abundant sunlight. For optimal blooming, it needs at least 6 hours of direct full sun per day. Less sun will result in fewer flowers.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, once established, bougainvillea is relatively low-maintenance. It is drought-tolerant and requires minimal fertilizing. Regular pruning is beneficial for shaping and promoting more blooms.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your bougainvillea live plant will arrive carefully packaged, healthy, and ready for planting, with its root system intact within the 1-gallon pot.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: This plant is a mature 2ft tall specimen and should begin producing its vibrant orange and red blooms during the warm months of the first growing season after planting, especially with adequate sunlight.
• Q: When is the best time to plant a bougainvillea? A: The best time to plant bougainvillea is in spring or early summer after the last chance of frost, allowing it ample time to establish before cooler weather.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Bougainvillea is hardy in USDA zones 9-11. In these zones, it will survive winter outdoors. In colder zones, it must be protected from frost or grown in a container and overwintered indoors.
• Q: What’s the minimum temperature it can tolerate? A: Bougainvillea generally cannot tolerate temperatures below 30°F (-1°C) for extended periods without sustaining damage.