Friday, September 3, 2010

Pink and White in one plant...

A couple of weeks ago I bought the most amazing bougainvillea plant as a gift for my Secret Sister in my Beta Sigma Phi chapter. It is two colors in the same plant. It's mostly white with splashes of bright pink!

white and pink

Isn't it beautiful? Here is a close up...

pink and white

Boy, I really wanted to keep it ...Maybe next month I'll go back to Gruene market Days and pick up one for myself...

bouganvilla white and pink

I still wonder how they made it. Guess it's just a Pink Miracle...and for more pink miracles stop into Beverly's How Sweet The Sound http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

I'll be at Wimberley for First Saturday Market Day...we've had some showers and the heat shouldn't be too bad. I'll be shopping for bargains and treasures in shades of pink...enjoy your Labor Day holiday.

LaVerne 

8 comments:

Unknown said...

G'eve Laverne ~ That is a beauty. Haven't seen one with 2 colors before. Lucky receiver ....

Happy PS & beautiful safe holiday weekend.
TTFN ~ Marydon

Nancy said...

Oh my gosh it's gorgeous - pick one up for me, too! I just fixed my comments or unfixed it! No one could comment. Jeff's facebook got hacked so if you get a message from him pushing Viagra....well he's just trying to make extra $$$. NOT About five of his contacts a day are getting these messages from him so I've been changing settings and things everywhere. We're both working tomorrow at the store. Good luck at Wimberly. :) Nancy

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Goodness!! It almost looks like lace!!
Debbie

Rebecca said...

How cool that they are paired together! So pretty!

Rebecca said...

How cool that they are paired together! So pretty!

Rebecca said...

How cool that they are paired together! So pretty!

Rebecca said...

How cool that they are paired together! So pretty!

LV said...

One of my favorite flowers. I dearly love them and have some. Mine look nothing like these. Very pretty.



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