Views of bougainvillea
Crisp reds and white
Bauhinia galpinii or pride of De Kaap
Bouquet of bougainvillea and single bloom in agave and cacti
In the bright afternoon light these flowers look lit from within
white and pink oleander
pink tabubeai
basil
17 comments:
Hi Nicole, it is nice to meet you, you have a lovely blog here. I love to garden too..your photos are just beautiful. Your tropical Hibiscus are lovely. Hibiscus are one of my favorites in my own garden each year. Unlike yours though, mine are perennial or hardy Hibiscus since I live in a cold climate. But they always give me a beautiful show each year. What a fantasic flower they are , whether tropical or perennial.
Oh, so warm and sunny! Suddenly, those days seem so far away where I am!
I love coming to your garden , Nicole, as I am unable to grow anything you have, which makes my visit a special treat, every time :)
I love the bougainvillea and the bauhinia and the hibiscus...
If you ever tire of the yellow hibiscus or that bauhinia, send them to Austin, Nicole! Lovely!
The blue plumbago has been great here, too - but it freezes back pretty far each winter. Yours is probably shrublike, right?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Nicole, I love to visit your island garden, the flowers are so bright, the sky so blue. We will really be counting on you to remind us of "flowers" this winter when we are all snow covered. Thanks for joining us for GBBD.
Carol at May Dreams Gardens
As always, the similarity between our blooms is striking! The Bauhinia looks lovely! I planted one a few years back but it couldn't stand the harsh winters. I'll get one from the nursery soon and will take better care this time.
Hi Ruth. Welcome. Yes, I find hibiscus is such a cheerful and rewarding flower. Its hard to believe a flower so delicate thrives in such harsh conditions, with little care. It is also one of the most popular flowers from my childhood.
Thanks, Chuck. And whenever I want memories of my visits to my friends in SF I check out your pics.!
Thanks, wildlife gardener . Well, I think you also have basil!
The bougainvillea, bauhinia and hibiscus are also my favorites-the colors are so intense.
Annie, I’ve been eying that bauhinia for over a year at the garden center, but they didn’t know the color of the bloom or the variety. When I saw it bloom about a month ago I saw that it was galpini, and snapped it up immediately. I already have the white and pink bauhinias, which I grew from seed.
My blue plumbago is still rather small, but yes, they grow shrub like here and also (and this is what I plan to try after I saw it at a friend’s) can be grown as a vine if you put it over an archway and let it grow towards light!
Thanks, Carol I’ll do my best to keep those blooms going through the coming months!
Green thumb the similarities again struck me when I visited your blooms day. I do love my Bauhinia –see my comment to Annie above. Good luck with your new one.
Nicole: It is so nice to see the tropicals when it is getting gray here! Lovely blooms as always!
Hi Nicole,
I have a hunch I will be coming here often to see your flowers over the winter months. The Bougainvillea is lovely. I like the white one...
The Bauhinia is striking and the Oleander blooms are gorgeous.
Your blooms are beautiful, particularly the hibiscus. sara from farmingfriends
Nicole,
Happy birthday for yesterday!! :)
I love the photos. Is this the new Nikon DSLR? You are going to have SO much fun with it. Your posts are really lovely. I'm so impressed that you make it look so lush and you always have tons of blooms.
Talk soon,
Sharon
The tropical hibiscus sure are more colorful than the hardy ones sold here. The bleeding heart was my mom's favorite plant. Lovely to see it again. I don't believe I've ever seen a pink tabubeai before. There was a tree in Hawaii that had similar flowers but the leaves were smaller. The wood made a nice Y and was used by boys to make slingshots.
So many lovely tropical blooms. I feel a holiday in the sun coming on. ;-)
I had a bougainvillea in my conservatory once but it had to go as it was slowly taking over the whole conservatory.
I envy you all those wonderful tropical blooms! We had our first frost today in London - at least I can read your blog and dream!
The pictures are as always breathtaking. I am especially fond of the white bougainville. How beautiful. We have had to take ours indoors now and I hope it survives this winter indoors. The last two did not make it and I am still wondering what I did wrong. /Andrea
Hi Nicole, great pictures. That yellow hibiscus looks great, I want one.
Crisp red & white creeper is Clerodendrum Thompsonae
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