{Our Gazebo and Azaleas}

One of the spring's best shows in Southern Gardens are blooming Azaleas.

So come to our Gazebo area...

It is quite a dream at this time of our spring season.
This is how it looked on April 12...
You can see our home through the gazebo.

This year they were very healthy looking because we had plenty of rain last summer and also early this year.

Are those White Lace Azaleas not lovely?

Closeup of our White Lace Azaleas...

This is our rock garden, a collection of rocks found on our property...

To the right you see our beautiful Glendale Azaleas 'Mother of Pearl'

This year they really were lovely!

Closeup of our Glendale Azaleas 'Mother of Pearl'.

Yet another species of azaleas to your right...

This is a cream colored Azalea which I don't know by name at the moment...

A view from the other side. In the back you can see our greenhouse...
Lovely dreamy spring in the South!

Related links:
{Our White Lace Azalea near Gazebo} | previous post by me
{Our Glendale 'Mother of Pearl' Azaleas near Gazebo} | previous post by me

{Our Lilac Clematis 'Silver Moon'}

A FREE gift from the birds by seed spreading, is this gorgeous LILAC CLEMATIS 'Silver Moon!

Very large blooms in perfect Lilac!

Are those huge flowers not lovely?

Photos are taken on April 12...

Husband Pieter did make this bamboo trellis for them and spray painted it green.

Those petals indeed look like silver...

When just opening up they are of a darker shade lilac; quite stunning!

We have two of these Clematis, here shown back to back in their pots.

Do you have any Clematis?

Related link:
{Our Lovely Lilac Clematis 'Silver Moon'} | previous post by me

{Our Dogwood Cornus Cloud Nine}

One of the joys in spring is always those gorgeous blossoms of the Dogwood trees. We got white ones and pink ones. One of the large flowering varieties is our Dogwood Cornus Cloud Nine.

This one has huge flowers!

They are very sensitive to rain though...

With such bright sunshine they are rather hard to capture.

This was on April 10.

The tree is rather fragile, even after 15 years of growth!

But it is also because of fierce competition for food, with so many huge trees.

This one got planted in May, 1999...

Related links:
{Our Cornus Kousa (Japanese Dogwoods) & Spiraea Cantoniensis (dbl Bridal Wreath Spirea)} | previous post by me