Spring Flowers 3 in St Marys County MD

 I am still photographing spring flowers as we get new plants opening up for the year, especially pink ones.  Enjoy them while they are around!

Camelias

Azaleas

                            

Dogwood

Cherry Trees

                            

Wisteria?

Spring Flowers 2 in St. Mary's County 2026

 I spent Saturday driving around looking for some pretty flowers before the expected rain on Easter Sunday.  This year has been fairly windy, but I caught a few flowers at least.

Pink phlox and a bonus yellow swallowtail butterfly

Redbud tree and lamp post SMCM

Pink cherry tree in the Garden of Remembrance SMCM

Weeping Cherry tree

Cherry tree

Red dogwood blossom

Weeping cherry tree

Daffodils

Flowers at the National Arboretum Part 3

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!)

Cherry Trees

The historical National Capital Columns were being renovated.

Redbud

Azaleas

Weeping redbud, the first one I've seen.

 

Spring Cherry Blossoms Part 2

Here are more cherry blossoms to enjoy.  I get a second chance at photographing them because the weeping cherry trees in my own yard bloom a lot later than the trees in Lexington Park and elsewhere.  The first photo is a stacked photo to improve the sharpness of the image, taken in a Lexington Park parking lot.  Notice how much more impact the photo with just a blue sky makes than the others with blurred backgrounds.

Spring Cherry Blossoms in 2024

 

Curves

Reflections

Cherry Blossom Time in St. Marys County

The cherry blossoms were quite early this year.  The ones in my yard still haven’t bloomed yet.  I found plenty on display at the Lexington Manor Passive Park, and in parking lots everywhere in Lexington Park and Leonardtown.  The headquarters for St Marys County Schools had some gorgeous ones with lamp posts and reflections.  Generally, the photos are enhanced by having something else as the subject with the flowers used like a lovely frame.  The blossoms themselves or several trees are pretty too.

Reflections

Lamp post

Backlighting

Framed with a Tree

Delicate 

Frame a Cloud