Azaleas.....

[LakeArenal]

[Ohiogal]

1. Gorgeous!

[Brother Buzz]

2. I thought, "Hey, wait a minute, that's a rhododendron!"

Then I just discovered azaleas are in the rhododendron family.

I grew up with a ton of rhododendrons, and now realize some of them may actually have been azaleas. I guess Mom and Dad didn't tell me everything.

[Callalily]

3. Very pretty!

[osmium]

4. A stunner in white with yellow accents.

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We have a few azaleas, but only in red. I may have to seek out a white specimen to try. We may have been making mistakes by putting various hosta in a new-ish garden plot.

Thanks for sharing!

Here's a link to a closeup pic of one of my azaleas.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPG_aIhIXeSyjZdLFY6MgQMaPAfsA3_twNxt9hX

[LakeArenal]

5. These flowers look like fried eggs to me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

But I love them.
30 years ago when I was young and dumb, I bought the azalea blooming in the pot and just set it on the stoop. In the fall I planted it. But for a couple years nothing came of it.

So when I fell in love with the hemlock in front, I never even considered that azalea as existing when I planted the bush there.

The next year the azalea came up and has grown just a few inches higher than the hemlock every year. They have bonded in some weird nature symbiosis.

[osmium]

10. (laughing) Fried eggs, eh?

From the photo the blooms look grand. Your younger self was well motivated, if geographically naive - a lovely serendipitous outcome.

I like the symbiote hypothesis. It reminds me of the line from Jurassic Park: "Nature finds a way." They've grown(pun noted) to adore each other.

Plants are terrific, but plant people are the best.

[LakeArenal]

11. 🤗 ❣️

[Heartstrings]

6. I love Azalea's!

Have only ever seen them red....these are gorgeous!

[LakeArenal]

7. Sure. They are all good❣️

As you know, I’m very pro-flower.
Flower child and all...
Peace and Love!!! ✌🏼

[DemoTex]

8. Reminds me of Steve Martin's line in "The Jerk."

"Those aren't azaleas, those are assholes!"

[Scarsdale]

9. Beautiful.

I have a deep pink one in the back of my house, plus a white one in front. So pretty, and low maintenance which is my kind of flower! Thanks for posting these pretty photos.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Perfect time of year... nurturing & watching

beautiful things grow. Saving a sickish plant is one of the greatest pleasures.

Thanks lakearenal for sharing!

[LakeArenal]

13. 🙃