Pink Bougainvillea

"Still going" like the Energizer Bunny, this pink bougainvillea has been in a pot for 25 years, re-potted 10 yrs ago. 😁

The bright pink livens up the banner and emits energy. A great cropping. 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸

Gorgeous!

Beautiful banner!

Great banner Cal!

Lovely banner Cal! The colors are awesome.

Lucky you to have a bougainvillea to live with. Love the banner you've constructed of your 'pet' plant. It's a beauty.

Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, or trees. It is native to Eastern South America, from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. Different authors accept from four to 18 species in the genus. The inflorescence consists of large colourful sepal-like bracts which surround three simple waxy flowers.

Are all over the place here in the Southwest. They are very tough when established, drought tolerant,
and are covered with "blooms", actually specialized leaves, seemingly several times per year.

arctangent said:Lucky you to have a bougainvillea to live with. Love the banner you've constructed of your 'pet' plant. It's a beauty.

Thanks Elizabeth.
We're fortunate to have several, one climbing 12 ft up a magnolia.

This is the same plant as the banner....sorry, don't know the name.


My neighbor's 'California Red' hanging over our side of the fence



A different variety in a bonsai pot....


Variegated....




Pretty purple


With wicked 1 inch thorns!



I forgot and got a painful reminder.

Good thing my tetanus shot is up to date.

Nice banner, like punch!

Thank you all for your comments, thumbs, and
acorns! I will try to deserve them. What a great
group.

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Missing:
Casey, aka 'Greenappleagnes' has not posted since Nov 26.
The thread "Banner for November 26, 2020 by greenappleagnes" in Site Banners forum

I treemailed her 12/27, but no reply.
She lights up a room with her Queenie Zinnias.
Please treemail me or post here if you know how she is.
Just want to know she's OK.

EscondidoCal said:
Missing:
Casey, aka 'Greenappleagnes' has not posted since Nov 26.
The thread "Banner for November 26, 2020 by greenappleagnes" in Site Banners forum

I treemailed her 12/27, but no reply.
She lights up a room with her Queenie Zinnias.
Please treemail me or post here if you know how she is.
Just want to know she's OK.

I thought someone had been missing! My goodness, I do hope she is ok.

It seems as if she hasn't been on since Oct 4. She didn't even reply to her latest banner on Nov 26.

Thanks, Kim. I didn't realize it had been that long.
Hopefully someone knows.

Cal, Checking in here after a couple days. Your banner is great---what a pretty and unusual plant. I love the bright pink!

I hope Greenapples is OK...

Thanks, Laurie.
We can still hope.

EscondidoCal said: Pink Bougainvillea

"Still going" like the Energizer Bunny, this pink bougainvillea has been in a pot for 25 years, re-potted 10 yrs ago. 😁

Cal, my neighbor just bought a beautiful yellow Bougainvillea, and she does not know how long to leave it in the pot, but this banner answers that question. How long did you leave it in the original pot, or did you pot it up immediately? She is going to pot it up so I thought I would try to find out for her.

Thank you for all those for the daily banners.

Hi,
my wife planted it before I met her, so not sure how long it had been
in the pot until I repotted it 10yrs ago.

I would pot it asap so it can get established.

That pot is pretty big....20" wide x 14" tall. There's another pot (20x18) with a red boug in it,and it's as old as the pink one.

I don't think I've ever seen a yellow one.
Can you get a pic?

Glad you like my banners.
So many to make, so little time...

Cal

Thanks Cal. I'll try to get a picture of it tomorrow.

Cal, here it is!