tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post4238531612891071776..comments2024-03-28T10:35:26.134-07:00Comments on local-kiwi-alien: A Show of Colourlocal alienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-2812445056509747722019-07-05T09:41:12.898-07:002019-07-05T09:41:12.898-07:00It was supposed to be trained across the front of ...It was supposed to be trained across the front of our old house, where my daughter now lives but I remeber the first time they pruned the thing, horrendous. I said 'no' keep it over your part of the road. I will admire it from afarlocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-82408275191082115642019-07-05T09:40:00.749-07:002019-07-05T09:40:00.749-07:00I remeber those photos of your bougainvillia climb...I remeber those photos of your bougainvillia climbing up the olive tree. Wonderful. My sis in law had one which grew up a cyprus tree, full of colour.local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-45688387773806426602019-07-05T09:39:06.428-07:002019-07-05T09:39:06.428-07:00They are beautiful but need loads of space to grow...They are beautiful but need loads of space to grow. We have a flower called the night flower whose perfume is intoxicating. I learnt the english name for it and have now forgotten damn itlocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-15137501676505774272019-07-05T09:37:29.481-07:002019-07-05T09:37:29.481-07:00I'm surprised they don't grow so well else...I'm surprised they don't grow so well elsewhere. We can't kill the darn things! Our neighbour has one which, as he now lives in Athens, is never watered, pruned or looked after in any way and it blooms and thrives every summerlocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-7969257912323498812019-07-05T09:36:08.597-07:002019-07-05T09:36:08.597-07:00Beautiful to look at but not to look after!Beautiful to look at but not to look after!local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-59049801077028528852019-07-05T09:35:45.623-07:002019-07-05T09:35:45.623-07:00I'm surprised. I supposed it's that sudde...I'm surprised. I supposed it's that sudden cold of the frost? We have snow now and again and they grow even bigger and fiercer!local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-76249354085046444982019-07-05T09:34:47.071-07:002019-07-05T09:34:47.071-07:00I like this colour but bougainvillias come in half...I like this colour but bougainvillias come in half a dozen shades. We have white as welllocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-31928629832342560322019-07-05T07:39:08.723-07:002019-07-05T07:39:08.723-07:00Lovely!
But pruning that cross-street display, mu...Lovely!<br /><br />But pruning that cross-street display, must be a harddddd jobbbbbb.<br /><br />💦 😊 💦 wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-1807053209936940522019-07-05T02:39:23.589-07:002019-07-05T02:39:23.589-07:00Here, too, the bougainvillea blossoms and climbs o...Here, too, the bougainvillea blossoms and climbs over everything possible, I have two in the yard, one climbing the olive tree.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-83056409052859282682019-07-05T01:13:00.762-07:002019-07-05T01:13:00.762-07:00I loved our bougainvillia when we lived in the Can...I loved our bougainvillia when we lived in the Canaries. Such a contrast with those vivid blooms against the white walls in the hot sun. Here it is all green and grey!JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-7002522273451862812019-07-04T22:39:03.864-07:002019-07-04T22:39:03.864-07:00Thanks for the great pictures. The flowers remind...Thanks for the great pictures. The flowers remind me of the Algarve. Bougainvillea flowers and orange blossom scent are wonderful there.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-7510305441332303242019-07-04T20:52:29.549-07:002019-07-04T20:52:29.549-07:00I adore Bougainvillia. I remember very well the fi...I adore Bougainvillia. I remember very well the first one I saw. It was draped around a beautiful little cottage on the tiny island of Formentera. It was huge. I wish I could grow one here.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-86413545666647667962019-07-04T19:14:34.249-07:002019-07-04T19:14:34.249-07:00They are beautiful. We used to have the one with ...They are beautiful. We used to have the one with thorns and I always dreaded cutting it back.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-67894344445301794592019-07-04T18:45:02.759-07:002019-07-04T18:45:02.759-07:00I like the ones without thorns
I can’t grow them ...I like the ones without thorns <br />I can’t grow them here. The frost kills them. If I could be bothered covering them I might make a go of it. <br />But you know. Who wants to go out in the freezing cold rain lol angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367100990792829157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516133427486832064.post-30315331208580590272019-07-04T12:57:48.524-07:002019-07-04T12:57:48.524-07:00Gorgeous! Maybe even more so, against the white ba...Gorgeous! Maybe even more so, against the white backgrounds. -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.com