When traveling I like to visit garden centers and nurseries. Even the big box stores are different in Zone 9. Lowes has their tropicals out alongside the spring annuals.
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| It will be a few months before we see this in Minnesota. |
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| Bougainvillea is in bloom, often seen vining on walls or as a standard (left). |
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| Doggie is going as fast as an elderly dog can go - away from crazy lady. |
Not the best shot (I was trying to take a picture of the dog not the plants) but bougainvillea is vining over fence and doorways. They also have it on fence lines - it has thorny branches. It's salt and drought tolerant however tourists don't tolerate it well. A handy landscape plant when you own gulf-front property.
