Comments on: Bougainvillea – When you just want to say “I live somewhere tropical :P”

By: stephen

stephen — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:59:07 +0000

Hi
Hanna

I live in Sydney Australia and lots of people use Bougainvilliar’s, They are so beautiful

I am making a hedge at the front of my house with bougainvilliars and am not sure how far apart to plant them I will be using 3 diferant colours for a nice effect, can you advise me the best distance apart to plant them for a hedge.

Thanks
Stephen

By: sandra742

sandra742 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:57:07 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:17:38 +0000

I’ve got bougainvillea growing in my backyard, and it’s perfect for reinforcing fences (no one’s going to climb over these suckers). I do have to stay on top of pruning it, or those same thorns mean I don’t want to go anywhere near it, and they have distinct climb-and-conquer tendencies, but you can’t beat them silhouetted against a white stucco wall…

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:31:05 +0000

I hate bougainvilleas. I used to like the way they look, but my fence neighbor planted several, and my yard is south from his.
These are aggressive bastards. The climb over everything. They are very hard to control. They strangle everything around them. And the spikes penetrate thick leather gloves, and hurt as if they have poison as well as being sharp.

They are lovely away from me!

By: inadvertentfarmer

inadvertentfarmer — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:01:13 +0000

LOL…the quarter back’s girlfriend!!!

I have a bougainvillea here in cool W. Washington State (zone I grow it in a big pot, it adorns the back patio in the summer and livens up the sun room in the winter…LOVE it! Great post!