Azaleas

 

This white azalea is growing outside the house (as are quite a few ants in their nests - one of them pictured on the flower!).

 

Throughout the neighborhood, as the late cherry blossom finished and the trees came into full leaf, the azalea and rhododendron bushes started to flower.

 

Our azalea bushes are a little abstract in shape - most are cut into neat rounds or even hedges.

 

This bright pink double flowered one is also outside the front of the house.  This colour is one of the most popular in gardens and the flowers are very striking..

 

Many of the large parks and gardens that we visited a few weeks ago will now be full of colour with azaleas and rhododendron bushes flowering.

 

This picture from the web shows the azaleas in flower in the grounds of Winterthur House and Museum.