More flowers for my birthday:  the Flame Azaleas are blooming!!!  So bright and pretty.

 

Flame Azaleas, or Rhododendron calendulaceum, are deciduous, native azaleas, and are blooming all around our neighborhood, and beyond.  You can see them on the Creekside trail, up on the hillsides, and all around.  They are easy to spot, even at 45 mph, because of their color:  from pale yellow to brilliant red-orange.  

 

Apparently they are available in nurseries, because I've read that they are extensively planted as ornamentals in the southern Appalachian mountains.

 

Or do like we do, and just enjoy them in their native habitat.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!