We visited here on the 25th hoping to catch the azaleas in full bloom. It is a private garden -or rather estate - of about 50 acres, which opens for the month of May.
The garden dates from about 1826 with the plantings around the loch and woodlands made about over 100 years ago. Some of the Rh.luteums must be well over 20 feet high with a white Rh. which must be 35 feet high. There must be hundreds of mature azaleas around the estate. We came across an evergreen Japanese azalea which was 7 feet high. I have a 45 year old look-a-like in my garden which is only 3 feet high. We had missed quite a bit of the flowering which has taken place earlier this year due to the mild Winter. No plant names are available and I am assuming most are hybrids