Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
April 12, 2023
One Last Hurrah
Tag Archives: Azalea
Plantation House at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
The view across the big field of the Plantation House. Previous visitors to this location may notice that the hedge to the right of the house and the English boxed garden in front of the house have been removed.
Another view taken a few days later, on a grey afternoon, image cooked up just a bit.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 11 & 13, 2023
Azaleas and The Bridge
Another iconic image at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, this time the Long White Bridge.
Many of the azaleas around this section of the pond were removed or cut way back last year changing the options for getting reflection images.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 5, 2023
Under the Oaks
An iconic image at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 5, 2023
So Many Azaleas
In bloom, everywhere!
I went to Middleton Place hoping for the iconic reflections in the Mill Pond. However, the wind was blowing, and not just a breeze that might have given the patient photographer a few moments of still water.
So I tried some different views.
Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly on Azalea
A Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly checking out the Azalea blooms, first the inside.
Then the middle.
Finally the outside.
Then he was gone.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 14, 2022
Bee on Azalea
February 24, 2022
Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Pink
Magnolia Plantation House, Azaleas
Early morning sun was lighting up the river side of the house at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
April 2, 2021
Hummingbird Moth on Pink Azalea
Called a hummingbird moth because it drinks nectar, I believe this is a Nessus Sphinx Moth, per insectidentification.org/
It’s a bit different than any I’ve seen before, including that fuzzy looking tail end.
It was pretty intent on feeding, but the moth occasionally lifted above the blossoms for a look around, showing off his two yellow stripes.
