Barbara Karst Bougainvillea Plant

Barbara Karst Bougainvillea Plant

Barbara Karst Bougainvillea is mainly prized for its bright, magenta bracts.  Bracts are modified leaves that look like flowers from far away. The bracts of the bougainvillea are thin with dry, papery texture, and hold up very well to intense sunlight. The actual flowers, found amongst the bracts, are tiny, white, and tubular, and attract butterflies.

Enjoy the showy blooms year round in frost free areas. This evergreen plant blooms from spring to fall in many parts of California that experience brief periods of frost. The leaves of this bougainvillea have wavy margins and are a slightly dark shade of green, which accentuate the vivid reddish-pink bracts.

This vigorous, showy vine shines with bright, magenta-red, petal-like bracts. Creates a fine cover for patios or arbors, and is a dramatic groundcover for banks when allowed to ramble unsupported. Drought tolerant when established. Evergreen in frost-free climates; provides superb warm season color in colder winter areas.

You will receive one rooted starter plant that is approximately 2 to 3 inches tall.