A neighbor has shown me that there exists two kinds of
Bougainvillea, one
which vines and is more commonly found and the other which
bushes, and is
less well known.

They differ in leaf size, internodes and growth.The busher has
small
leaves,extremely close internodes, and grows more slowly. The
viner has
large leaves, long internodes and and rapid growth.I recently
introduced the
bushing variety to my garden here in mid Florida's east coast

I have not seen any references to this distinction in the
literature. Does
anyone have any literature or any more info on the distinction
bwtwwen
these?


Bougainvillea are more properly described as "rangy shrubs."
They're not "vines" in the sense of twining growths, though they
do send out long shoots. The spines that many of them have help
them spread up a trellis or a wall -- hence the "vineish" look.

There are several species and scores of cultivars. My favorite
is B.glabra 'pink pixie' -- small leaves, small colorful bracts
and no thorns.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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