Harrison, who's credited with cultivating the Burgundy Queen bougainvillea, explains that because the plant has a fibrous root system, it favors well-draining soil and needs a quality potting mix ...

Bougainvillea plants prefer a fertilizer with equal parts ... pink peonies, or deep blue iris. I can only imagine one of these bright pink arches greeting me daily as I come home.

This is a story about bougainvillea, one of the more beautiful, but perhaps least understood plants here in Palm Beach ... that will attract the stunning blue atala butterflies.