What is your favorite color of Azalea? Have you seen any wildflowers of note this Spring so far? I personally love a deep dark purple Azalea but I haven't found one in bloom so far. This is Cinnabar and it caught my eye from 20 feet away.
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>>2721535Fairly common, but I think one of the prettiest blooms- Goat's Rue
>>2727903I've already posted alot of these but I'll repost some favorites. Swamp Mallow probably my favorite bloom of all.
>>2727970Common Lizard Tail
>>2727971Wisteria vine
>>2727972False Indigo
>>2727975Wild Potato Vine
>>2727977Rose Rush
>>2727979common Prickly Pear blooming
>>2727982Some kind of Milkwort
>>2727983Yellow Thistle. Common, sort of a trash plant but still always crazy looking to me.
>>2727984Honeysuckle
>>2727986Tread-Softly
>>2727989Jack-in-the-Pulpit
>>2727990Some type of Spiderwort
>>2727992Leather Flower vine
>>2727994Some type of Aster from last year. Heath Aster I think.
>>2727997Lady Lupine
>>2728004Georgia Frostweed
>>2728013Candyroot
>>2728016Farkleberry in boom
>>2728020Rabbit Tobacco
>>2728024Hyssop Skullcap
>>2728028Some type of (out of focus) Violet
>>2728028Some type of wild Allium
>>2728035Fringe Tree in bloom
>>2728040Silver Croton
>>2728041Narrow Leaf Pawpaw bloom
>>2728044Swamp Cyrilla in bloom
>>2728047Cressleaf Gounsel
>>2728048Rain Lily
>>2728050
>>2728051Wild Dogwood bloom
>>2728051Goldenrod
>>2728055Dwarf Hawthorn in bloom
Groundsel in bloom
>>2728073Two Winged Silver Bell
>>2728079Yellow Indigo
>>2728080Osceola's Plume
>>2728082I think Ragwort
>>2728084Deerberry blooms
>>2728086Swamp Mallow (previously pictured) together with Wood Sage.
>>2728091Maypop
>>2728093Verbena
>>2728099Heart Winged Sorrel
>>2728100
>>2728101Clump of Northern Spider Lily. Pre bloom
>>2728103Hop Sedge
>>2728106Blackberries coming in
>>2728110Orange Milkwort
>>2728112A non native. One of my climbing roses.
Azaleas make beautiful, albeit difficult bonsai specimens. They are not trees, but shrubs, obviously. This means they are strongly basally dominant and will readily kill off branches on its upper canopy, destroying decades-old bonsai material. You have to continuously keep the lower branches well pruned while cautiously letting the top thrive. They also tend to have inefficient vascular tissue, because their living cambium layer is so thin. This means after a few years of ramification, you must prune to maintain vigor. The dense, evergreen leaves protect the tissue from sun damage - if you prune too heavily and don't leave enough foliage, the azalea can easily die. They require very acidic soil conditions to thrive, and will decline over time if watered with hard water.
>>2728221This azalea is a 'Toki' variety, which is a salmon color with white stripes.
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>>2721535I always thought flame azalea were some of the coolest. More of a small tree than a shrub. Sparse leaves and heavier blooms.
>>2728112Big 12" Southern Magnolia blooms
>>2728367Swamp Rose
>>2728368Slender Ladies' Tresses Orchid
>>2728370Clasping Venus' Looking Glass
>>2728371Violet Wood Sorrel
>>2728372common Yellow Wood Sorrel
>>2728374Wild Radish
>>2728375Virginia Pepperweed
>>2728376Pecan catkins blooming
>>2728380Blue Eyed Grass
>>2728382Palmettos starting to bloom
>>2728383Fleabane
>>2728385Pokeweed blooms
>>2728386Carolina Horsenettle
>>2728388Some kind if little Bluebell
>>2728390Crossvine blooms
>>2728392Ripe Mayhaws
>>2728552Chickasaw Plums starting to come in.
>>2728554Evening Primrose
>>2728560Sugarberry tree starting to make berries
>>2728562Last of the Dewberries
>>2728564Wild Black Cherries starting to come in
>>2728566Dollarweed
>>2728570Wild Red Mulberry
