The vine also has grown 1200 feet on both sides of orange trees on the land owned by Dr. and Mrs. L.J.

The bougainvillea's placement on the National Register of Historic Places gives the plant federal protection provided by the Department of the Interior.

The bougainvillea plant is a thorny ornamental vine, native to South America, and can be found from Brazil to Peru and down to Argentina.

The plant is named after the first Frenchman to cross the Pacific Ocean, Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

Hamlins, early citrus growers, the Glendora bougainvillea is the largest growth of this exotic plant in the United States.