The rhododendrons are bursting with these pretty pink blooms......
This bee made me think of the popular saying......"busy as a bee...."
Aren't they pretty???
I couldn't resist taking a small cutting to bring a little color inside.....
The azalea is coming along nicely too, after about three springs of me thinking it was an unusual, but pretty weed. It would be about 5 feet tall had I realized that it was something that I had actually planted there......duuuhhh!!
The gooseberry bush is loaded with little marble sized berries....mmm-mmm, can't wait to be able to pick these.
My snowball tree is loaded down pretty good too---they are a real pale lime green color now...when they turn white, they are just like big fluffy snowballs!!
Cheers from my garden to yours!
:o)
Lovely photos - I've never heard of a snowball tree before, it looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos! Are snow balls different from Hydrangeas? They look similar but this is much taller plant the hydrangeas I have seen. Beautiful! Wishing you a great Summer!
ReplyDeleteThe snowball tree is pretty common around here. You can buy them at any local nursery. The proper name would be Viburnum opulus Sterile. Just Google snowball tree---they are quite pretty. Mine now stands about 8 feet tall and is about 5 feet in diameter--it's only about six years old--it was about a foot tall when I brought it home from the nursery. A friend of ours has one that is about 12-13 feet tall and just about the same in diameter.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a hydrangea, but I do so love them......mmmm---maybe I should take a trip to the nursery-ha ha!! My garden is actually pretty full, but I think I could squeeze in a blue hydrangea!!!!
All the blooms are gorgeous and your photos are awesome! Excellent job on the bee capture!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ms A
ReplyDeleteI actually thought of you when I looked through the shots I had taken and saw this one.
I love all of your "bugs and tiny creatures" photos!!!