My bougainvillea fairy-god-father visits, again...

Several years in a row now Peter and I have made a nursery-hopping day out of visiting Rare Plant Research's open house on the third Saturday in May. Back in 2017 when he came down for the day he brought me a gorgeous bougainvillea (written about here)...

Wasn't she a beauty?

Since I don't live in a Zone 9, or higher, climate the plant didn't make it through winter, but I wasn't bougainvillea-less because he repeated the kind gesture in 2018. The only photo I have is this one from Instagram...

When something happens two years in a row it's kind of a thing, right? So I have to admit I wondered if he was going to show up this year with another bougainvillea. He did!

This year's beauty is Bougainvillea 'Moneth' (aka 'Purple Queen'). Aren't I lucky? I got to spend the whole day goofing off with him too, and for those of you missing Peter's sense of humor on his blog let me tell you he's just as sly as always. I took a few photos of our visit to Rare Plant Research, I'll get around to sharing those soon.

In the meantime here's a little more Santa Barbara eye-candy.

If only I lived here, my bougainvillea fairy-god-father wouldn't have to keep bringing me a new plant every year. Of course if I lived here I wouldn't get to hang out with him nearly as often either. There are trade-offs...

Weather Diary, May 26: Hi 76, Low 51/ Precip 0 (but .37" on the 25th!)

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