Bougainvilleas might be tough, thorny plants but, when planted together, they create a stunning display. They are native to South America and flourish in warm climates. Tiny white flowers are surrounded by the clusters of brightly coloured leaf bracts for which the plants are best known. I found these beautiful bougainvilleas draped over a wall in Airlie Beach.
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Beautiful! Especially love the view against the blue sky.
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The sky was particularly lovely that day too. Thank you.
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Beautiful flowers.
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Thank you Ducks. 🙂
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I LOVE bouganvillea, did not know that they are native to South America.
Peta
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We’ve seen them in many different countries and I hadn’t thought about their origins either until I looked it up.
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Do stop by my blog for a perk, when you get a chance…
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Nostalgic! We had the bougainvillea plants with multiple colors around our old house compound. Great photos!!!
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Thank you. We used to have some in a previous home too.
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They are such beautiful colours. I have a couple of scars from those darn thorns, though.
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Yes, so does Mr ET. When we first moved to Darwin many years ago our home had three bougainvilleas which were growing on a trellis right across the front verandah. He gradually cut them all back to small bushes but it was dangerous work.
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I didn’t realise that they were thorny but they are indeed very beautiful!
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They have quite vicious thorns but their beauty makes up for that.
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They are so beautiful. Thank You presenting to us the beauty of our world.
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I’m glad you enjoyed seeing the bougainvilleas.
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One of the delights of our Algarve home. 🙂 I love turning a corner and seeing a big swathe of them.
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They are so pretty en masse!
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This is one of my favorite flowers. The exquisite colors always brighten my day and make me smile. V needs to plant some for me and walk me over to them when I get too grumpy. I can not stay grumpy around bougainvilleas. 🙂
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Maybe we need to plant a whole lot more bougainvilleas in a whole lot more places if that’s the effect they have on people. But I can’t imagine you being grumpy.
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Be sure to tell Vince! hehehe We are remodeling, remember. We can’t find stuff!
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I love bougainvillea! We can get them as houseplants here, but nothing beats them when they are growing outdoors in hot places.
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They do tend to go a bit crazy if they’re not trimmed every now and then, but they make a wonderful display of colour.
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They are so lovely, that I might forgive them a bit of craziness! 🙂
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Hi Eternal Traveller,
I met you on Marsha’s site. Thank you for commenting on my interview.
In response to your post, your photos are beautiful. I’ve been trying to improve my blog photography. I’ve blogged about blog photography often.
Janice
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Welcome Janice and thanks for visiting. Thank you too for the compliment on my photos. Blogging has made such a difference to the way I think about photography. I have learned so much and take the time now to make sure I get the best photo I can. Not long ago a friend told me she can see a big difference between the photos on early posts and the ones I publish now. Carol.
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In full bloom they are gorgeous, we have quite a lot in our garden as they survive the hot summers very well. I must take a photo when I’m back in Portugal (I’m in the UK for a few days cooling down!). Hope all is well with you 🙂 Cath
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They are definitely hot climate plants. We will be in UK in a few weeks, visiting our daughter in Manchester.
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Hope you enjoy it! Glad to hear your daughter is in the UK, hope all is going well. It gives you another excuse to travel!
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Her two year visa is nearly at an end and she already has a working visa for Canada, so that’s her next destination. We are looking forward to our UK trip.
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She’s a traveller, like her parents! I wish her well.
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She sure is! Thank you.
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They come in such beautiful colours, I’ve got the red (but am thinking about buying a pink) 😀
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Absolutely gorgeous colors, thanks for brightening my day.
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They were vivid against the perfect blue sky.
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Beautiful, vivid colours!
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They are bright and beautiful.
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