This bougainvillea cultivar is truly blessed with the Midas' touch. The blooms start off as burnt orange and as the petals mature, it turns bright yellow before fading to pale yellow.
This sun worshipper climbs tall and blooms non-stop to our greatest delight. Most of the foliage is converted into golden bracts in some sort of perpetual celebration of the fertility of Mother Earth.
Roof top view, from the first floor.
It straddles the edge of this rainwater gutter. My only misgiving is that the blooms are rather ephemeral. The petals are shed as readily as it replenishes them. This messy trait means that there is quite a fair amount of sweeping up to do. In exasperation, I have often toyed with the idea of chopping it down but just as often, the sight of the dazzling blooms prevented me from doing so.
It really is a beauty ... it would be a shame to cut it down! Messy plants can be so exasperating ... but I'm sure you'd miss that fabulous show!
ReplyDeleteHello Bernie, totally agree with you. Its a high maintennance mistress and a constant reminder that beauty comes with a price.
ReplyDeleteHello Elsie,
ReplyDeleteThank You so very much for stopping by and strolling my garden, and "Following" the Journey.
I have enjoyed my visit to you. You have some Lovely photographs on your blog : )
Enjoy your week ~
Angel
It is beautiful! I'd love to see the change in colors in person, what a sight I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by my post, I love the company!
The blooms are gorgeous! It looks like an overload of gold ingots on your home.
ReplyDeleteI always wish my bougainvillae would look like yours ~ all blooms and no leave. Alas, till today, no such luck yet! Love your spectacular bougainvillae! Must be the hot spell that caused it to bloom gloriously.
ReplyDeleteAngel- I really enjoy strolling through your lovely garden and have return frequently to relive the wonderful experience.
ReplyDeleteRain Gardener - Changes including subtle ones always bring about a sense of rejuvenation and renewal.
Autumn Belle - How I wish they were real gold ingots, then I could retire early and spend more time attending to my garden, lol.
JC - Don't give up hope. Years ago I was told that Bougainvillea needs to be starved of water before they will throw up more blooms. And of course, full sunshine.
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Hi, Your bougainvillea is really gorgeous. How do you grow it! I never have luck with it. My plants always have more leaves than flowers. Thank you for visiting my blog. Nice to see you. Have a lovely day!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty - I love the color!
ReplyDeleteWHAT?!? WHAT?! I've never seen one this beautiful. I thought they were all that pink/fuchsia color. Wow, this amber beauty rivals any fall coloring I've seen.
ReplyDeleteMr BT, Strange, I have never thought of the colour as fall colour, probably because over here in tropical Malaysia, we only have two seasons; the wet & the dry. I like that you described them as amber beauties - a rather different perspective from mine.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning I hated this plant because of their constant dry flowers littering my garden.
ReplyDeleteBut later I ended appreciating them when I notice that they actually give nectar to so many butterflies & bees.
I guess there is some good in keeping floral plants feeding the nature (or what there is left of it as they constantly clearing jungles & forest)
Probably you might want to do something with those dry flowers - turning them into composite or even pressed flowers - they do make pretty greeting cards.
James, It's a wonderful idea about the greeting cards but in this digital age, it's not so popular anymore. Anyway I have to shelf the idea at the moment until after my retirement.
ReplyDeletealoha elsie,
ReplyDeletewhat a very color on this bougie, i enjoyed the beautiful flowers-its very different,
thanks for sharing that with us
Thanks. Btw we have a lot of plants in common - the hot tropicals.
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