Bourganvillea close up

Lovely close-up, look at all those little veins.

O My Goodness its Lovely Milky where are u growing this? iv only seen these grow in Hot Countrys ? :)

Beautiful....have you grown that?

Beautiful close-up. I will always remember walking in the mexican jungle on the yucatan and seeing all this bright pink stuff all over in the big trees. The memory gives me a special love for these.

fab colour

Thanks All...Jacque, you can grow them here. I have mine in a pot and it just gets moved into the greenhouse over winter..As long as you keep them frost free they are fine. This shuldnt be flowering now, but when it was put away it was a bit near the heat for my Frangipani, so it hasnt stopped flowering. Dotty I cheated and bought this as a small plant 2 years ago......

Amazing colour and structure, Milky. :o)

Thanks TT, I do love them, they remind me of our holidays on the Greek Islands, where they seem to grow everywhere. I am hoping to visit Muddywellies, when we go down to Devon Fishing, because I only found out a short while ago that we will be less than a mile from him and he has a huge greenhouse full of them...........

what a gorgeous colour !

beautiful Miky,I wish I could grow this in our garden

You could in a pot Deida...protected by a south facing hedge or fence, and put in a cold greenhouse to over winter............Thanks Amy........

Beautiful... now that I know they will survive over winter I am going to get myself one...

Milky:

Beautiful flower shot!

We have bougainvillea every here in California...They are all in full bloom in huge mounds along the freeways in San Diego now. They bloom most of the year in almost every color.

Can Bougainvillea spectabilis - Purple Bougainvillea be grown outside there where you live? I know it's the hardiest of the species.

Andy, I think it would hyave to be pot grown, so that it could be moved to a frost free position during the winter months.....I dont think it would survive our winter outside.........but they are beautiful......

Beautiful! Wouldn't have thought you could grow it in northern climates...but I guess you do need a greenhouse...it blooms year round more or less here...it is one of my favorite plants, when I was much younger and thought I might get married I wanted a bouquet of bougainvillea...LOL

Raquel, that would hae made a lovely bouquet, Must be lovely to see them all year round............

A beautiful plant. Fantastic that you have had such success with it.

Thanks Toto...........

It would have, wouldn't it? I'll file it away maybe there's still a chance and a miracle will happen...lol

Yo Never know Raquel.................

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