بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Bougainvillea can be seen flourishing all over the Mediterranean and Middle East and with good reason too! This thorny bush with woody, twisted trunks can survive very harsh conditions and times of drought. I have 3 Bougainvillea bushes in back yard which rarely feel the raindrops on their leaves and papery blooms yet they are still going amazingly strong! We have barely had any rain in Riyadh this year and I have a terrible tendency to forget to water plants... the Bougainvilleas were already in flower but not looking particularly spectactular. Hubby did his manly weekend thing of cleaning off the BBQ and outside table and chairs and gave the bushes a good watering too... the results were breathtaking. By the next day the Bougainvilleas were in the fullest of bloom. It's now a joy to stand at the kitchen sink and wash the dishes whilst looking out at this carnival of colour!
They really are wonderful plants; an absolute burst of bright pink which attracts the butterflies, the leaves are a welcome hiding spot for the lizards and the cats gratefully accept the opportunity to sleep in the shade at the foot of the bush.
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5 comments:
subhan allah what a lovely flower plant mashaAllah , nice colour!!!
Wauw! Really spectacular!
Thanks for adding me to your blogroll. I added you to mine now, but I already had your blog on my RSS reader for a while.
Very cool plant, gotta love things that keep growing when you aren't nice to them, good for hubby hehehe. I too love to be able to see flowers when I'm in the house.
Your bougainvillea plants are gorgeous. They grow really well in Arizona which is also very dry, but they also flourish in Florida which has a much more humid climate with more rainfall. My favorite is the fuschia color like you have - so vibrant - but the orange and red ones can be spectacular too.
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