ShrubsMagenta Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
Magenta Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra) is a fast-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 9-11, that matures to about 10-20 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with low water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. Expect cream, yellow and white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts bees, butterflies and songbirds, stands up well to drought, dry soil and heat, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 9-11
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 10-20 ft
- Spacing
- 6-feet-12 feet
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green, Pink, Purple, Red, Variegated
- Bloom color
- Cream, Yellow, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Drought, Dry soil, Heat, Salt, Wind
- Watch out for
- Spines/thorns
- Native to
- native to Brazil and Peru
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Magenta Bougainvillea is hardy to about 20°F (estimated from USDA zone 9), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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