Most Bougs are known for being rather ferociously thorny vines but there are some newer varieties that are thornless or nearly so. You need to do some research to determine which are before purchasing or if ordering by mail, specify a thornless cultivar.

the purpose of latin names.. is to give plants that differ.. within the family .... different names ....

so you need to do your research based on latin names ...

the part after the latin parts .. in 'quotes' is the cultivar name ... the 'CULTI-vated VAR-ietal' ...

so.. that is the trick ... wish i could help you more specifically with the Bs ...

so to wrap it all up... take the latin name, including the cultivar .... add the word THORNS ... and with a little luck.. you should be able to do research on said issue ...

i wish you luck ...

i gave you a start at the link

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

Thanks for the link i called to see if they could be exchanged for thornless ones and they said that those were only type they had...its the hybrids that are thornless, he said. Well, these are going to be potted plants so I guess I have to buy good gloves.

You can snip the thorns off. I would for a potted plant. Winding it around some kind of trellis would also help keep it manageable.

A simple search on thornless bougainvilleas brings up cultivars. Not all hybrids are thornless.

Here is a link that might be useful: an example