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The garden is a large forest with a variety of areas containing rhododendrons, azaleas, tulip trees, and other plants.
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Where did this color come from? A gorgeous bush at the entrance to the garden. Is this an azalea or mini-rhododendron hybrid?
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A white rhododendron. One of a number of similar varieties in the garden.
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Your basic purple rhody. Nearly perfect specimens.
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Close-up of a cluster of the purple cluster.
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We have no idea what this plant is, but the leaves sure look like a rhododendron. This new grown on an already flowering plant looks very strange.
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Some of the largely white rhodies have pink or purple spots. This looks almost like an orchid.
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Some have fewer spots than others.
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The purples are really the colors that I'm not used to seeing. These look a trifle washed out in the bright sun, though.
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This beautiful pair planted next to each other shows the difference between the colors.
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Close-up of the pink one.
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Close-up of the purple one.
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An unusual bush with all the flowers singles instead of clusters, and all facing downward, as bells.
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A very typical and healthy pink cluster.
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A tulip tree or tulip magnolia, depending on where you grew up. A fair size specimen, too.
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Close-up of the tulip-like flowers of the tree.
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More flowering cherries. They are just beginning to drop their petals. (These are actually at the entrance to the Japanese Garden at the University of Washington Botanic Garden.)