Ricky, 2004 - 2015, a part of my heart has died

Rest in peace old boy, you will be sorely missed.

A very fine friend indeed

Had to move purple bougainvillea away from wall adjacent to neighbors with the 2 poodles. The dogs eat the fallen bracts and throw up, blah blah blah.

After un-potting the root ball of this bougie, I trimmed down main branches. Like plumeria, bougainvillea trunk (1.5 - 2" dia. x 8") can be stuck 2" or deep into some good soil, kept evenly moist-- if the gods are with you, after several weeks it will sprout. The first 2 cuttings I simply didn't want to through them out, and poked them in two planters with no root tone. It's been about 3 weeks and tiny leaflets have begun to form. I've used both plain water and "vitamin" water (miracle gro spiked with some kelp concentrate- good for the roots as per orchid growers). Further cutting down of main branches yielded several more planting sticks which I "root-toned" and planted in each of the seagrape pots. What a fabulous picture-- big seagrape with bougainvillea clambering over it. Planted root ball of the original plant into a 15"x15"x15" square planter. There are 2 main branches coming out of ball, should be good. I love purple. I have a cold. More later.