tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142698902012-02-07T20:27:12.328-08:00A labour of love that's taken 30 months to completeBougainvillea in Bloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13772469573078597102noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14269890.post-1120744750096046202005-07-07T06:48:00.000-07:002005-07-12T03:40:52.350-07:00<a href="http://photos22.flickr.com/24226293_6d33f58dae.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://photos22.flickr.com/24226293_6d33f58dae.jpg" border="0" alt="book cover" /></a><br /><p><p><br />Or maybe just wild about gardening? Anxious to show off an attractive garden without having to do too much work? Or maybe you are a busy landscape architect desperate for ideas? Perhaps you are but just an admirer of beautiful gardens, best enjoyed by strolling through on a lazy afternoon?<br /><p><br />If you are any of the above, you will find <strong>Brighten Up Your Life with Bougainvillea </strong>right up your garden path, so to speak. Authored and published by <strong>Eric Simon</strong>, a Malaysian horticulturist, the pages are not only full of stunning photos of bougainvillea in their many colours and varieties but they are also featured in countless artful display and landscape situations.<br /><p><br /><a href="http://photos21.flickr.com/24226294_41fe85a376_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://photos21.flickr.com/24226294_41fe85a376_m.jpg" border="0" alt="what's inside" /></a><br /><br />Beginning with a short history, the book guides you along an easy-to-follow ‘how to grow’ chapter, complete with simple drawings and diagrams. There is a chapter incorporating useful Practical Tips - presented in readable anecdotal style - and another even shows you how you can make a decent living growing bonsai bougainvillea. Thereafter, the book embarks on a spellbinding journey depicting various imaginative landscaped themes demonstrated in places ranging from highways to public plazas and from hill slopes to lampposts and garden fences. <br /><p><br /><br />An entertaining chapter, <strong>Where to See Bougainvillea</strong>, takes the armchair traveler to several wondrous locations, either right in your backyard – if you are a Malaysian – or to a botanical garden of paradise proportions located in a Thai beach resort. Even the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is not spared. And along the way, the reader is treated to a great deal of useful advice on the selection, maintenance and presentation of plants, as well as growing them under various conditions. <br /><p><br /><a href="http://photos21.flickr.com/24458504_2a71254eda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://photos21.flickr.com/24458504_2a71254eda.jpg" border="0" alt="glorious colors" /></a><br /><br />The bougainvillea is by far the world’s most floriferous and showy plants, adapting easily to many climates, and possessing a truly wide array of colours. Because of its relatively hardy nature, it is an extremely rewarding plant to grow, bringing cheer equally to grand edifices and humble dwellings.<p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos23.flickr.com/24458503_e065677764.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://photos23.flickr.com/24458503_e065677764.jpg" border="0" alt="vital stats" /></a><p><br /><center>No. of pages: 100pp <strong>x</strong> 4pp cover<br> Size: 220mm <strong> x</strong> 160mm<br> Soft cover with front/back folds<br>Full color throughout<p> <strong><font color="red">To place orders, please contact Eric Simon</font></strong><br>Email: <strong><strong><a href="mailto:eric35@streamyx.com"> ERIC SIMON </a></strong></strong><br>Fax: <strong>(60)03-7954 4758</strong><br>Mobile:<strong>(60) 012 - 325 1956</strong> </center><p><br /><center><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/283155/ref=gw_br_bo/103-7274942-1849413"><em><strong>Amazon Books</strong></em></a></center><p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14269890-112074475009604620?l=bougainvillea.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bougainvillea in Bloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13772469573078597102noreply@blogger.com7