Calla Lilies have been blooming all around the more manicured ponds at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
One of my favorite statues, the Boy with Duck, surrounded by yellow Iris is in the background on this one.
Azaleas were also competing for attention.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
April 8, 2021
Canon 100mm Macro Lens
I’ve mention that the Tulip Magnolias have put on a spectacular display this year unspoiled by frosty nights. They have been blooming for weeks and with no leaves yet on the trees the blossoms really stand out.
Next is another close up version of the flower from my post Tulip Magnolia Blossom, Very Large.
I don’t recall seeing this next type before with so many petals, almost like a daisy.
This one reminds me of a teacup, and another one that I wished I could have gotten up above for an interior shot.
This next one is prettier before it fully opens. I generally see this style more bedraggled looking.
Lastly, a yet unfurled blossom, showing off a gorgeous magenta exterior, a color I remember fondly from my childhood along with the Crayola 64 Box. I just looked Crayola up to ensure I remembered correctly and find you can now get a full box of 12 of the same color. Who knew?
This Camellia variety has the type of blossom with a prominent center and on Sunday the blooms were well visited by bees.
The bees were making a haul of pollen.
This flower was on the outside of the plant, right at my eye level making for nice closeups.
The temperature had been below freezing a few nights last week and I was rather surprised to see this much bee activity.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
February 20, 2021
Camellia blooms reaching for the sun
These white flowers were poking out of some scraggly brush on the walk around the old rice field at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Perhaps a Camelia variety, they were the only flowers I saw in this mile and a quarter (2 KM) stretch on December 10.
The blooms were a little raggedy looking, but attracted a steady flow of bees and other small insects.
They were making the most of the situation on a 70 degree F (21 C) morning.
From a distance it looked like something man-made, maybe a piece of trash stuck in the tree trunk by a human.
Fortunately it turned out to be nature-made.
And quite bizarre looking, sort of like a lava flow.
A close up view of the strands:
