There are enough open blooms to see color from a distance, but we don’t yet have great wads of azaleas the size of a minivan in full color.
Pink Pearl
Formosa
George Lindley Taber, a sport of Formosa.
Poukhanense, a deciduous azalea.
Pink Ruffles
Magnolia stellata ’Leonard Messell’
This blossom looks to be an aberration with round
petals instead of the expected strappy ones.
It looks as if Azaleas are going to open ahead of Dogwoods, whose buds are still tightly closed. No signs of life on redbuds, either.
stone
/ February 12, 2013No azaleas yet in Macon, but have seen japanese magnolias blooming… Also saw a red-bud in full flush…
Hard to believe there can be so much difference in our yards, but… I have large differences from one side to the other just in my yard.
Nell Jean
/ February 12, 2013Some things blooming at your place are not blooming here, Stone. Plants have a way of blooming when they get good and ready, I reckon.
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
/ February 7, 2013never had much luck with Azaleas…could be our soil..but, yours are so beautiful…
Nell Jean
/ February 11, 2013They do like an acid soil and high shade.
Anita
/ February 7, 2013Mine have not started blooming, I noticed yesterday when I was working in the yard that some of the lower limbs there buds almost ready to open, My Encore’s are still in full bloom.
Anita
/ February 7, 2013Oops it should have been their, in the above post, sorry.
CurtissAnn
/ February 7, 2013Mine are straggling out, but this morning we had one big dipper of a rain storm, so I bet the azaleas and star magnolia burst forth. Thanks for sharing your beauty.
Nell Jean
/ February 11, 2013Oh, the rain! we’ve had 2.5 inches so far, appreciate every precious drop.
Barbie
/ February 7, 2013How gorgeous!! Can’t wait for my newbies to bloom! I love the colours!
gwenniesgarden
/ February 7, 2013I love them !!! It means Spring is not far off !!!