Flame Azalea, Rhododendron calendulaceum, in full bloom! This native lives up to it's name brightening the woods.
The Asheville area is having an erruption of 17 year cicadas... Not where I live, but north of Asheville, at my friend Diana's house, the buzz can be deafening! They come out every a7 years to live above ground for 4-6 weeks... They are everywhere! And being still something of a city girl, I am not down with big bumbling helicopters of this sort... when one landed on Diana and she calmly brushed it off, I screamed... she laughed... I was not laughing, in fact, I was quite paranoid after that....
Maiden plant buying voyage of the new Subaru, christened "Bubble", to Jack Young Greenhouses where I completely overloaded, but got some great stuff.... Castor bean plants, Maple leafed hibiscus, pawpaw trees...
photo credit: SPP (yes it's way better without the flash!)
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