US National Arboretum - Azaleas
/Another area I enjoyed at the US National Arboretum this past weekend was the azalea collections. The vistas of the gardens - pleasant shade with pathways and shallow stairs - invite exploration.
Because we had been to the Brighton Dam Azalea so recently - I’ll feature the other things in this garden first in this post: looking down at wildflowers,
Following the noisy rustling through leaves (Eastern Towhee),
Looking up at shelf fungus growing an a dead tree,
Looking straight from some stairs at galls on an oak tree, and
A pine shaded by a large magnolia ….golden cones, sparse needles, lacey bark.
Of course there were plenty of azaleas to photograph as well!