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Happy Friday!

Many thanks for your visit, most appreciated.

向島百花園にて

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In my garden 28th March 2022

塩船観音寺

根津神社　まだツツジは全体には咲いていませんでしたが、新緑がとても綺麗でした。

Azaleas /əˈzeɪliə/ are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsusi (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and October and November in the Southern Hemisphere), their flowers often lasting several weeks. Shade tolerant, they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the family Ericaceae.

Wikipedia

ツツジ　　in my garden

... Eye-catching.

Created with Dream Wombo and my texture as the input

Cropped, then used normal oil painting effect at 70%.

My photo of an Azalea treated with DDG

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An Azalea in a Gorgeous color. I Love the spots.

For Smile on Saturday theme: Nature in Hand

We trimmed back two plants that were growing close together...these are some of the buds which had yet to open. A different species from my image ‘Side by Side’ which has smaller blossoms.

Thank you kindly for your visit, comments and faves... very much appreciated. 😀

薬王寺のツツジ（青梅市）

My white Azalea is in full flower at the moment. The flowers are some 6cm across in size. HMM on a cool and rainy day in Melbourne

[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]

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Thank you everyone so much for sharing your quality photos which is a great way to see and keep in touch with the wget-me-notsorld from home as well as with each other.. Also thank you for your kind comments and favours which are much valued. I am not able to take on any more members to follow or to post to groups. I prefer not to receive invites to groups.

塩船観音寺

Clyne Gardens is known for its amazing display of azaleas and rhododendrons and when I visited last week they were just beginning to flower. I must go back and get some more pics!

At last year (2019) Azalea Garden of NYBG.

Pinkshell Azalea

Rhondodendron

Vaseyi

Ericaceae

mtns. of w. North Carolina

One of the first and most beautiful spring flowering native azaleas to bloom, Rhododendron vaseyi (Pink-Shell Azalea) is a deciduous, irregular rounded shrub which features trusses of 4 to 8 delicate pink to white, flat faced flowers on leafless stems, with some prominent spotting in their throat. Blooming in mid-spring, the blossoms appear before the foliage of shiny, dark green leaves emerge. It is a splendid border shrub that is native to the southern Blue Ridge Mountains.

---gardenia.net

Natural Wonder

I love the colour of these Azalea.

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