Pink blossoms....

Oleander - My mother loves this plant and that love has been passed down to me. I've always wanted a red one at home. The nursery that we bought this plant from promised that the flowers would be red colour and I was so looking forward to that because my mother has pink and dark pink at her house and I wanted the red to outdo that :-)
When the buds came in, they looked really dark and I triumphantly called and told her that my plant was going to have red flowers! The little buds slowly became bigger and as they grew into this beautiful bloom, it turned lighter and lighter.....finally stopping at this pretty pink.
I've reconciled and am happy now. At least I have an oleander in my garden :-)
Leena