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I am a glutton for punishment.

Ah, handy to know. I am more than happy to neglect it.

I don't know about passion fruit but bougainvillea thrives in harsh sun.

We should switch yards. I like pink and I think camellia flower drop offs are lovely. I was planning on planting some camellias this spring too. I do like passion fruit vines (though hate the fruit) and it would be a hell of a lot easier to tend to but it's simply not colourful enough for...

Thanks for the tip on the food. I've seen pictures of several colours mixed together and it does look amazing. I'm torn between mixed colours or a solid wall of hot pink. I do like bright colours :D

That's what I was afraid of. I might just be patient and plant the 3 rather than cull the extras later. Evidently my laziness trumps my impatience.

It gets full sun, luckily. I know there are dwarf bougainvilleas which are meant to be less thorny, but the standard plants are still thorny nightmares so far as I know. People swear they are the devil to prune but they're just too damn pretty to resist.

I want to grow bougainvillea across a garage wall approximately 3m tall by 10m wide. We've attached the trellis to train it and we're ready to go when spring sets in. Baby bougainvilleas don't like the wet so I'm waiting for the rain to ease off a bit. Now, bougainvilleas grow to be 5m...