3 October 2023
Today we had a day trip to the Blue Mountains, to the beautiful village of Blackheath, home of Campbell Rhododendron Gardens.
Rhododendrons and azaleas in bloom are truly magnificent. They come in all sorts of colours and sizes.
I asked one of the lovely volunteers in the gardens how to tell rhododendrons from azaleas and she explained that one of the differences is that azaleas have 5 stamens while rhododendrons have 10!
Beautifully coloured heath is also in bloom at the moment.
Pieris japonica (Japanese pieris).
Snowflakes – looking so gentle and fragile.
The gardens even have waratahs that are also in bloom now.