Bougainvillea 'Raspberry Ice' is one of the most beautiful bougy around. Its beauty lies in the beautiful contrast of the vermillion bracts against the yellow-green variegated leaves.
Flowers are generally terminal.
The yellow-green variegated foliage of Bougainvillea 'raspberry ice' provides a great foil for its bright red bracts.
A Yellow Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) perched on a thorny branch. The vicious thorns do not seem to bother it.
It is an alert bird and though supposedly at rest, it cocked its head this way and that to survey its surroundings.
It is an alert bird and though supposedly at rest, it cocked its head this way and that to survey its surroundings.
They are are frequently seen in pairs though not exactly lovey dovey like love the birds. They give each other space.
A cluster of colourful bracts with vegetation on the hill slopes in the background.
Some wandering branches of this blue pea flower (Ternatea Clitorea) twined on a woody bougy stem and in its midst put forth a flower with much flourish.
That's beautiful collection of bougainvillea! You always have so much birds visiting your garden! Merry Chrismas & Happy New Year! May you have wonderful moment with your loved ones!
ReplyDeleteYes Malar its a beautiful bougy though I 'm guilty of neglecting it as it is at the back of the garden and often missed out on the fertilizers feed.
DeleteThnaks for the festive and New Year wishes.
Beautiful Bourgainvillea. The pink bracts contrast so nicely with the variegated foliage. It looks very bright and light there!
ReplyDeleteIts is one of my loveliest bougy. I planned to dig it out (its a huge tree now) and transplant it to my new garden in the city.
DeleteMerry Christmas
Thanks Elsie. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, too.
DeleteVery beautiful! Lovely bougainvillea and birds!
ReplyDeleteThanks Satu. Where there are flowers, there would be birds.
DeleteUwielbiam to piękne pnącze. Ptaki je jeszcze upiększają . Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteI love this beautiful creeper. Birds even embellish them. Yours.
It's a nice concept to view the birds as embellishing the plant, just as how we decorate the Christmas trees with ornaments.
DeleteI love bougainvillea. That particular cultivar is great as even when not in bloom the foliage is nice. I had that particular cultivar and a few others but lost them to recent renovations. Will definitely get some more when I move in the future. There are also some recent dwarf cultivars that stay compact.
ReplyDeleteThis particular bougainvillea is planted in the ground, so it has become a big tree, with stem measuring about 8 in in diameter. To get a compact shape, I intend later to dig it out and transplant it into a container.
DeleteHappy 2014 to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteHello lronglim, Happy New Year to you, sorry for being 2 weeks late!
DeleteMay you have a bountiful and eventful year in 2014.