In 1892, the women of Washington State chose the Coast Rhododendron to be the state flower, but it wasn’t made official until 1959. They are in full bloom now and are so beautiful. Yesterday, I walked around my neighborhood and took photographs of as many colors as I could find.
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Beautiful! 🙂
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The rhododendron’s are also in full bloom here in Virginia! They are really spectacular this year and my morning walks are graced by them! Your photos are gorgeous.
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The big white one is in front of my house. I’ve never seen so many blooms. Most of the purple ones are from my yard too. I’m glad you get to see them in Virginia!
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Utterly delightful! What a treat for eyes these beauties are. Thank you so much for sharing these.
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Mine are too! https://outloudkaren.com/2016/05/15/rhododendrons-in-bloom/
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Beautiful!
It is hard to see the form of the flower in the picture. Does the flower in your variety of rhododendron look the same as mine?
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Yes, it does. I just couldn’t get close enough to take a clearer picture. Can’t get there from my chair.
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I’m going to read more of your blog so I can learn more about you!
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My blog is very revealing…
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I can tell that from what I have read already. You are very brave.
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When I started it I had no idea that is where it would go. Didn’t know that I could write poetry either.
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I have avoided taking photographs for most of my adult life…. and that changed when I started blogging. Now photography is a major part of my blog. I would never have thought that would happen.
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I have another blog, which is just photos. There are a lot of repeats, yet each post is different. I know I’ve done at least a couple flower ones. All those photos of flowers are taken right out front of my apartment building. Maintenance buys the flowers, and some of the residents plant them. There are also gardens out back and at one end of the building, where people plant their vegetables, especially tomatos.
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I forgot to give you the blog address:
Pikturamma.wordpress.com if you’d like to check it out.
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One look at this gorgeousness, and I’m back in Ireland in the Killarney National Park. The Torc waterfall to my left, and a hillside of these beauties to my right! Thank you for posting!
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Sounds wonderful. Thanks for the glimpse of Ireland.
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Wow… Absolutely gorgeous and delicious. And they grow to be soooo big. I regret that I won’t get to see them up close this year. Thanks for posting 🙂
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They haven’t been big in the past….. but who knows what this year will bring!
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I loved your pictures! I recently moved to British Columbia in Canada and I was amazed to see these gorgeous flowers in full bloom! Thank you for the inspiration!
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Welcome to the Pacific Northwest! Seattle and BC have a lot in common.
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Oh Thank you for sharing these beauties. Here I was excited because lilacs are starting to blossom and the crab apple tree next door…boy!! the apple blossoms are due soon…I must rent a car soon to see that and visit my son`s house.
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