This azalea form is native to North Carolina mountains. But here in the apartment complex it has been pruned, like everything else.
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a billion stars go spinning through the night,
blazing high above your head.
But in you is the presence that
will be, when all the stars are dead
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteThe Flame Azaleas are pretty. Have they pruned them too much?
Happy Sunday, wishing you a great new week!
They definitely stand out.
ReplyDeleteAnd they look as bright when you come upon them in the North Carolina woods.
Delete...native azaleas are among the best.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there are any other colors which are native...
DeleteI don't know why it never occurred to me that azalea is a native species. Beautiful flaming color.
ReplyDeleteI must continue to wonder how all the bright pink varieties happened.
DeleteLove the color!
ReplyDeleteWhich is why it's called a flame azalea...isn't it neat?
DeleteWe have a few wild ones in the woods--but though I've tried planting nursery bought flames azaleas, I haven't yet found the formula that will keep them alive more than a few years.
ReplyDeleteThese were put in at the apartment complex just when I moved here in 2016...so they may survive with all the pruning and herbicides. I think we have very few natural bugs left around for the birds, poor little ones.
DeleteBeautiful colours!
ReplyDeleteQuite pretty!
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