Azaleas are here

Just to let everyone know, The azaleas will peak over the next 2 weeks. This is Magnolia's time to shine. I may not have time to blog for a while, I am busy making sure the thousands of visitor's are having a great time.
See you in the gardens.
Tom

Beautiful Gardens

The weather has really been great this week. The azaleas are really opening fast. I think it is still about 2 weeks until they peak, but right now the camellias are still in bloom, so you can see both. Mary Ann,our Floriculturist (and also my lovely wife) is busy planting about 5000 six inch pots of flowers around the plantation. Painted daisies, lantana,cone flowers, begonias and many other annuals will soon be gracing the gardens. This summer we start planting several thousand ferns in the Audubon Swamp Garden. It is my intent to have the largest collection of ferns anywhere. The Coastal Carolina Boy Scouts are busy getting the trails ready. By all accounts, this is going to be an exciting year.