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
An iconic image at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 5, 2023
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.
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
February 24, 2022
Early morning sun was lighting up the river side of the house at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
April 2, 2021
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.
Not much I can say about this, nice to see the Long White Bridge paint job complete and the flowers blooming.
Azaleas have been outdoing themselves the last couple weeks here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. I was pleased to find these two Azalea blossom groupings standing away from the crowd.
These were in a hedge that was left more natural, which I generally prefer over the precisely manicured way.
