If there is a limb left on that bush, it will be back, and in its former glory. Those suckers are hard to kill! My old apartment had a cottage in the middle of two buildings and the cottage had a bouganvilla bush/tree growing up the side of the porch and over the top. The gardeners would prune the crap out of it and the next summer it'd be back with a vengeance. One year, we got a LOT of rain, like five days of pouring, and I was in my bathroom on the other side of the building from the cottage and heard a loud CRACK, BOOM! I thought my ceiling had fallen in, and I ran into the living room, which, on the second floor, had a perfect view of the cottage. The bougainvilla had been absorbing rain for five days and the entire bouganvilla had fallen off the cottage. It must have been 20 feet long and 10 feet wide and 6 feet high when it was on the roof. I was looking at it on the ground, as it had rolled right off.
The cottage looked bare for a while, but damned if the next summer it wasn't gorgeous again. I think it took it about 2 years to get back to its former dimensions.
The cottage looked bare for a while, but damned if the next summer it wasn't gorgeous again. I think it took it about 2 years to get back to its former dimensions.
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