A few years ago I saw a beautiful one here in the Villages. It was actually grafted onto a different tree so that it was only a bougainvillea at the top and you could mow under it. It was in the front yard of a house North of 466 and off Morse that has changed owners. I suspect the new owners didn’t know how to prune it as I no longer see one in bloom when I drive down that street. I too wanted one and couldn’t find one either. I tried grafting one myself but didn’t really know what I was doing. Let me know if you come up with something.

I'm digging mine up this weekend. You can have it for free.

There is a local farmer who sets up on CR 48 and Number 2 road in Yalaha most days. He has beautiful larger trees 4' +/- tall. Prices are very reasonable.

Have also seen some at nursery on E CR 462 near railroad tracks east of US 301. Not sure if they still have some.

they were just at Lowes on 466A......

Trees
 

IMHO. I own three of these trees and they are a pain! The thorns are horrible, they grow like weeds and you are always trimming them. If I had to do it all over again, I would have used bottle brush trees.

Try KB on 362 off 301. Bought a tree there 3 years ago and it’s courageous.

Bougainvillea trees
 

I was looking for a while also and then just found a couple at either Lowe's or Home Depot. I don't remember which..
Either the one in Wildwood or the one up near Lady Lake

I was told that the Robellini being used everywhere does that, too.

We have two bougainvillea small trees in our neighborhood and they are beautiful. They are very small so I wonder if they are a patio version planted in the yard. I planted a little one from Home Depot that was in a hanging pot and I transferred to the ground by my lamp post. A year later… totally out of control!

Had a couple and ripped them out. They work well on a lot where they can grow and are not near anything, not very likely on these lots. Grow like weeds with sharp thorns. Not a friendly plant in these circumstances but I do see that some people have them and they do bloom.

At big nurseries starting in February
 

They were at Home Depo and Lowes starting in February. Wait for next February or use clipping if you cannot wait or leave spot marked and plant later.

Like others, we got rid of both of ours. Out of control growth which makes it an endless chore which leaves you with bloody hands from all the thorns.

Bougainvillea trees
 

Bountiful Farms in Leesburg has those.

Au contraire! Ours in our CYV grew like crazy, and my husband had to get on a ladder to keep it from growing over the wall. And the thorns! We had it taken out. We don't miss it.


We had a Japanese lilac bush at our Michigan condo that I trained from a bush into a tree. It grew to be 15 feet tall and flowered every spring after the first three years. I think our crepe myrtle here used to be a bush and is now a big tree.

Can you grow them in large pots to limit their growth and for ease of maintenance?