bougainvilleas

With ample water AND adequate soil preparation, even such tropical species such as bougainvilleas are quite feasible and will flower readily in March and April, roses usually are done flowering after Easter, fruit trees start as early as January when taking a gamble with late frosts and you give ample water all winter.

The Weather Channel: National Weather Outlook 2009

The tropical climate and lush foliage in PV provide the ideal environment for these ancient reptiles (as well as for us ancient retirees!); a never ending year-round supply of food with an abundance of leaves, fruit, and flowers such as hibiscus and bougainvilleas.

The Three Eyed Iguanas of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2009

The vibe is very relaxed, with a scent of bougainvilleas everywhere.

Honest Cooking: Dining At The Marbella Club: Legend Of The South Honest Cooking 2011

Throw in a few bougainvilleas, hibiscus, birds of Paradise, geraniums, orchids, and numerous other tropical flowers (all in full bloom over the holidays) and you'll have the most beautiful Christmas you've ever experienced.

Christmas in Mexico 2009

Despite the bum rap San Francisco gets about wind and fog, sunshine is the norm in Dogpatch, which is why I can grow bamboo, hot-pink bougainvilleas and an apple tree, a Japanese maple and fuchsia.

Red Room: Victoria Zackheim: Rats in San Francisco? Red Room 2011

Throw in a few bougainvilleas, hibiscus, birds of Paradise, geraniums, orchids, and numerous other tropical flowers (all in full bloom over the holidays) and you'll have the most beautiful Christmas you've ever experienced.

Christmas in Mexico 2009

The tropical climate and lush foliage in PV provide the ideal environment for these ancient reptiles (as well as for us ancient retirees!); a never ending year-round supply of food with an abundance of leaves, fruit, and flowers such as hibiscus and bougainvilleas.

The Three Eyed Iguanas of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2009

Throw in a few bougainvilleas, hibiscus, birds of Paradise, geraniums, orchids, and numerous other tropical flowers (all in full bloom over the holidays) and you'll have the most beautiful Christmas you've ever experienced.

Christmas in Mexico 2009

Throw in a few bougainvilleas, hibiscus, birds of Paradise, geraniums, orchids, and numerous other tropical flowers (all in full bloom over the holidays) and you'll have the most beautiful Christmas you've ever experienced.

Christmas in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2009

All Mexicans want to assimilate, so fences are usually the first thing we erect once we buy a casa: pointy, menacing bars wrapped with organic barbed wire like bougainvilleas or roses to keep the damn Mexicans at bay.

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: 'Illegals' Love Wrought Iron Fences? Gustavo Arellano 2011