First Azalea Bloom

Our azaleas have started blooming in the garden. What a pleasant sight to see.

[Michelle]

These are so pretty, great colour.

[Issi Bannerman]

@shelle_johnson Thanks Michelle.

[Pam Knowler]

Beautiful colour and detail!! How wonderful to see these - we have a long time to wait before we see such lovely colour in the garden!!

[Issi Bannerman]

@pamknowler Thanks Pam. Yes, we are lucky here, we have colour in the gardens most of the year round - even though this is a cold winter by Houston standards!

[Jessica]

how beautiful! such a pretty color!

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Wow, looks like it contains little silver ball bearings. Beautiful

[David]

lovely colour

[Alexandra DG]

it's beautiful

[Allison]

Beautiful colour and clarity......so pretty!

[Stephanie Swift]

Beautiful blossoms, lovely composition and crop. Sigh ... it will be so long still before the azaleas are blooming her ...

[Hope D Jennings]

So pretty! Lovely color!

[Lee]

Lovely colour!

[Linda]

So early - what a lovely sight! Love the little beeds of bling.
(Linda @se7en )

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Gorgeous focus and detail fav!

[Issi Bannerman]

@jessca646 @lucypics @killeen @axika @allisonraposa @tristansmum @mzzhope @gamelee @happysnap @ziggy77 Thanks everyone for the kind comments and favs. I thought the tips of the stamen looked a bit like drops of mercury or as @lucypics said, ball bearings!

[Joy Maguire]

how beautiful and how exciting to find them growing

[Michelle]

So pretty!

[Kim]

I love azaleas, especially bright pink ones! Pretty!

[Nita]

Beautiful capture, love the DOF and the beautiful color of the flower.

[Carolyn]

I can't wait for mine to bloom. This is beautiful. It will be June before I get any!

[bkb in the city]

It is beautiful

[Judith Johnson]

That's really stunning, those stamens look like little jewels.

[Elin G. Reppe]

Really beautiful!

[Issi Bannerman]

@almondjoy1 @mtpagano @genealogygenie @sansjuan @carolyns @bkbinthecity @busylady @elinreppe Thanks everyone for your lovely, kind comments. :-)

[Arefin]

very pretty! lovely colors and dof!

[Issi Bannerman]

@wind_of_the_sothern_sea Thanks Arefin!

[Paul J]

I so love Azaleas. My mother had an abundance of them in our Georgia home growing up. Nice picture.

[Issi Bannerman]

@bigugly Thanks Paul!

[Susan]

Beautiful shot, nice angle and focus too.

[Issi Bannerman]

@slash Thanks Susan, it's about the only colour in the garden at the moment!