"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Summer is the prime time for tropical plants to thrive outside their native climates. These sun-loving, ...

The bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spp.) is a glorious genus of tropical plants that can flower throughout much of the growing season, climbing over trellises or over rock walls, and covering everything ...

This is a story about bougainvillea, one of the more beautiful, but perhaps least understood plants here in Palm Beach. When I moved here from the Northeast, I knew a great deal about northern plants, ...

I drove into a parking lot this past week and noticed a bougainvillea in the backseat of a car right beside me. I looked at the plant and I said, "Bougainvillea, right?", and the fellow in the front ...

Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County can help. Our volunteers are part of the University of California’s Cooperative Extension program and we are trained to ...

Nyctaginaceae: evergreen shrubby vines; Zones 12-17, 19, 21-24; full sun; moderate water. -- Set both plant and container in planting hole. -- Slide container up over the plant, filling in with soil ...

All those caterpillars on the bougainvillea are actually bird food, and they are here now to provide necessary protein for nesting chicks. If we all planted just a few native species and stopped using ...