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Bougainvillea in Alabama (Zone 7–8): Container Only

Bougainvillea is tropical (hardy to Zone 9b). In Alabama, grow in pot, move indoors before frost. It's a thorny vine, not a tree—train on trellis or let trail. Feed low-nitrogen fertilizer (rose food or composted manure) spring and midsummer. Loves full sun, heat, humidity.

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