Azaleas were fantastic on yesterday's hike

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

I believe this is azalea canadensis, but I'm not quite sure. Anyway, the azaleas, the ninebark, and well everything was beautiful yesterday here in Arkansas. Yes, folks, I'm close enough to Oklahoma to feel I can post there (besides the Ozark forum is mostly moribund). Hi Dawn, I saw a copperhead too.

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Okiedawn OK Zone 7

6 years ago

Thanks for sharing your photos. Love them! You know you are just as much a part of this forum as you always have been and as you were when you lived in Oklahoma. We don't discriminate here and we have members who post occasionally from KS and TX as well. All are welcome here.

I am so glad that Spring is finally putting on a show there and hope this means your cold nights have more or less ended. How are the wildflowers doing there and how are things in your yard and garden?

I am surprised (happily so) that you weren't drowning in rain like so many of us yesterday.

We are going to have sunshine today and no rain is in the forecast so I'm hoping to spend time with the grandkids at the park/playground today.

Tomorrow it is back to rain and gloom and doom and high severe weather risks and all that, so I hope we all can get out and enjoy the beauty of Spring today.

There's really nothing new here, except that we are moving from April to May wildflowers down here now. I realize it is May, but the wildflowers have been somewhat behind so it is nice to see them catching up.

Dawn

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hazelinok
6 years ago
Beautiful pictures!
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Embothrium
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Azaleas have been Rhododendron botanically for some time, so whichever species the one you saw is otherwise it will never be "Azalea canadensis".

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=128386
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dbarron
Original Author
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
While you are correct (and I know it), azalea was the botanical name i learned in college, and will probably always be in my brain. Rhodo then, and the actual species is pinophyllum if anyone cares, since it seems Embrothrium was truly offended by 'azalea'.

The point wasn't that I was giving a botanical lecture...I was sharing beauty, and while I prefer to not share misinformation, I didn't have time to be sure of my id yesterday before going out again.
dbarron
Original Author
6 years ago
Exactly Dawn, I really really figured those azaleas were over and gone here, so was shocked to see them in their prime. Here was the path blocker.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
6 years ago
Oh, just ignore embothrium :-)) I've known him for years online and nit-picking unimportant details is his stock in trade. Seldom has anything useful to add to a discussion.

The azaleas are gorgeous and that riverside photo looks like a wonderful area in which to hike.
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Okiedawn OK Zone 7
6 years ago
dbarron, That path blocker makes me feel right at home, though not necessarily in a good way. One thing Tim and I were discussing last night was how we currently are seeing fewer snakes. This happened in 2008 after the massive flooding of 2007 too. I hope you had an awesome hike anyway! It looks like it would be a great place to hike. We are too alkaline down here to grow azaleas like that without monumental soil replacement and such, so I just admire them in the photos of people who have the right soil and growing conditions for them.

Dawn
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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
6 years ago
Do you know what kind of snake it is?
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dbarron
Original Author
6 years ago
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As referenced in the first paragraph, it's a copperhead. The least worrisome of the four venomous snake genuses in the state. The other three being rattlesnakes, coral snakes, and cottonmouths. There being several species of rattlesnake found here, including timber, pygmy, and western diamondback,
Several small dinosaurs were found (various swift and skinks) as well.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
6 years ago
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Sorry I missed the comment in the first paragraph; too distracted by the lovely photos! I am happy to live in a state with only one small pocket of timber rattlers, so I don’t have to worry about snakes being dangerous.
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dbarron
Original Author
6 years ago
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You know, we don't worry about them much either..but when presented 'in your face'...you gotta give them room. We waited till it decided to crawl off before venturing forward, not having any idea how many more were around us :) (I still don't...none showed) But I wouldn't be surprised to have found cottonmouths and rattlers also.