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This is a multi-part blog entry that
documents my trip to the Cleveland
area in early May, 2009.
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I may have seen my last
viburnum and lilac of
this season. As I turned
to go to the Rhododendron
Garden, I spy a buckeye tree.
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-----Before heading south, I decide
to visit the Rockery.
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-----Some of these plants may look
rather normal for a garden,
but most are very rare species.
The one below is only found
twice in the entire state of Ohio.
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-----Yay! I found a may-apple blossom!
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-----These tiny irises only stood
a few inches from the ground.
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-----Finally, I'm on my way to
the rhododendron collection.
But what did I just hear in the leaves?
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-----Click on the photo to see the
woodland creature I discovered
on this blustery day.
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-----I wish I had taken a shot of the
enormous gates that keep the
deer from eating the prized
rhododendrons. I thought I
had lost my way...like Dorothy
at the door of the
Wizard of Oz!
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-----Once inside, however, the
beauty unfolded.
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-----I've seen primrose in little pots
at Kroger, but I've never seen
them growing in the wild.
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-----I don't know what this is,
but the purple tops were lovely.
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-----AH! My first shot of a
rhododendron (of MANY!)...
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-----Azaleas grow well in the South,
but rhododendrons (in the same
family, of course) do not grow
in the humidity of my home state.
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-----The above shot is one of my favorites.
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-----I love this combination of
yellows, pinks and oranges.
(I think of a peach when I
see the colors together.)
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-----Heath Pond
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-----Here is a different set of gates
to keep the deer out.
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-----See the color on the hill
across the pond?
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-----I've seen these scurrying around
all day. I didn't think I would
ever get a shot!
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-----I never fail to look at this pink
specimen without thinking
of my grandmother Lorette
Reynolds. She would have been
so happy: pink was her favorite color.
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-----At first, this movement in the
pond was a bit unnerving.
Later, I realized the fish
were feeding on the algae.
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-----I bet my friends down South
haven't seen these in bloom
for a few months!
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-----I think this one is an azalea.
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-----More primroses...
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-----I'm disappointed that I didn't
focus this shot well.
The deep purple petals and the
hot pink filaments, anthers,
stigmas and styles
were stunning!
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-----Love this color of pink!
Robust!
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-----A partial view of Hourglass Pond...
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-----The plant itself looks a
little worse for wear...
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-----....but look at the blooms! WOW!
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-----See the chipmunk?
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