Can my bougainvillea live indoors?

I have been keeping my bougainvillea plant indoors. It gets really cold where I live and I am hesitant to plant it outside. Are there any tips to making it thrive in an indoor atmosphere? thanks

Can my bougainvillea live indoors?
Mine live indoors. I do put them out in the summer, but this past dry year, I kept them inside all the time. They don't flower as well as outside, unless you have really bright light--move them to a sunny south window if you have one; mine at my old office with plenty of light bloomed quite well.
Reply:Try to find a really sunny area in a room for it since that is probably the hardest of its needs to satisfy.
Reply:bougainvillea, is sensitive to frost, and there will be times during the winter when you should cover your bougainvillea with a light cloth or sheet. Even if the bougainvillea plant dies in the frost, it will probably come back after the winter if it is pruned, but it looks pretty ugly when it is frost damaged until that time.





Unless you have a lot of space to let it grow wild, bougainvillea will need periodic trimming. Don't be afraid to cut it way back. Be careful when pruning your bougainvillea plants--they have thorns and they aren't easy to handle! One last thing about bougainvillea: they are pretty dirty. That means that you'll have red bracts (those are the leaves that turn red that make it so pretty) everywhere. Don't put a bougainvillea next to a pool unless you are prepared for constant cleaning.