** these two plants grow alongside each other and are updated here together **

This Bougainvillea last flowered during October 2018 ... and that is ten months ago !!
In fact, all it has done over that time
was to lose a lot of leaves and go very, very "woody" in the stems
Yep, it was decision time !! ... time for it to be Cut Back !!
The photos below tell the story of The Secateurs !!

This Gardenia has lots and lots of beautiful white flowers ... fantastic !!
But like the Bougainvillea,
it has started going very "woody" and the flowering has almost stopped
The same decision was made ... Secateurs and a Cut Back

!! Now we wait and see what will happen with these Two Pots !!







Friday 30th August 2019 ... Gardenia







Friday 30th August 2019 ... Bougainvillea

Heaps and Heaps of New Growth / Shoots





Monday 9th September 2019 ... Gardenia



Monday 9th September 2019 ... Bougainvillea



Thursday 7th November 2019 ... Gardenia and Bougainvillea





Tuesday 17th December 2019 ... Gardenia

A New Big And Beautiful Flower !!



Tuesday 17th December 2019 ... Gardenia and Bougainvillea



Thursday 16th January 2020 ... Gardenia and Bougainvillea









Saturday 21st March 2020 ... Gardenia

A couple of days ago, we noticed that the Gardenia had a few buds that looked ready to open
They were cut off the plant, brought inside and displayed while in bottles of water





Yes, ready to open !!



Two Fantastic White Flowers











Just Beautiful





The Gardenia was a gift to us ( via Tanya Mary ) from the Staff at the North Cairns Post Office
So we decided to leave them at her Memorial Plaque on the Trinity Beach Esplanade

(Return to "Tanya at Trinity Beach" albumn ... and scroll down to Saturday 21st March 2020)







Saturday 2nd May 2020 ... Bougainvillea

There is a note at the top of this page which states that this plant
has not flowered since October 2018 ... and yes, that is nineteen months ago !!

Well, that drought is over as you can see by the photos and videos below ... finally !!

HERE ... twenty two second video taken on Friday 8th May 2020
HERE ... thirty five second video taken on Wednesday 13th May 2020







... and here is another look at the Flowers on Thursday 21st May 2020







Thursday 10th September 2020 ... Gardenia

Yes ... Another Flower





... and look !! ... there are Six Nearby Buds plus Lots More all over the Plant !! ... hopefully that means Lots More Flowers



Wednesday 3rd February 2021 ... Gardenia

WOW !! ... the first flower for around five months !!







LOOK !! ... and the next day there were two flowers !!



Monday 8th March 2021 ... Gardenia

WOW !! ... look at these Five Flowers !!





Wednesday 28th April 2021 ... Bougainvillea

WOW !! ... look at the New Growth !!






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