I call this Summer Beauty, because that is when it blooms, this Bougainvillea is so georgous, this one came with the house, but was just a wee baby, now 6 years later, look how much it has grown, it gets Sun from sunrise to about four in the afternoon, she takes little water, my Husband hates this, when we have the Monsoon's, all of the Paper Mache' type flowers blow into our Pool, but no way will I let him remove this Prize Beauty........