04 June 2011

A Curtain of Bougainvillea


The Parc Princesse Antoinette is a garden for children high up in Monaco - it's near the Jardin Exotique and the new national museum of Monaco, the Villa Paloma.

This sculpture is almost hidden in the bougainvillea - there's a curtain of it along another wall. This is not my favourite colour bougainvillea - others love it. I find the colour too strident, too harsh when there are beautiful soft reds and apricots available. No matter - it's the toughest variety which is doubtless why it's used so much in the south of France, Italy and Monaco.

6 comments:

Ann said...

The first image is an amazing one...
Its almost as if designed ♥

Rob Siemann said...

Beautiful! Bougainvillea will always remind me of the first time I actually went there, to the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Special place to me.

nycstylelittlecannoli said...

just gorgeous...picking as one of my top 5 posts of the week!! so lovely!

Jack said...

Excellent!

Pinecone Stew said...

BEAUTIFUL images !

Have a super weekend.

Jameson said...

I love it!

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