There were a lot of flowering trees blooming when we visited, including a large quantity of redbud trees. Even a weeping redbud! The azaleas were just barely starting to bloom. (more azaleas later!)
We enjoyed wandering around the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum with bonsai from China, Japan and North America. There was a lovely magenta bouganvillea bonsai I loved, the beautiful round arch of the Chinese pavillion surrounded by wisteria and an orchid bonsai. I still remember a collection of azalea bonsai from many years ago that was probably on loan.
I wanted to see the tulips at Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore, but the trip was just a little too far away and I couldn't find any nearby restrooms, so we settled on the U.S. National Arboretum instead, since it was a shorter trip.
Does anyone know of any tulip fields in St. Mary's County? They had a few tulips at the Arboretum, but not 6 acres worth and most of them were behind a fence.
They did have quite a variety of beautiful flowers blooming, so I was satisfied. In the past, we usually visited in May to see the azaleas. Most of the azaleas weren't blooming yet and that was fine.
I will probably turn this into several posts, because there were too many pretty ones.
We smelled and saw some lovely wisteria too. The carpenter bees were certainly enjoying it.
I wandered around St Mary's County a little to find some pretty Spring flowers. Most of them were pink. Can I help it if it's my favorite color!
