Tame flower

[QuietOne]

This one was next to an office building. But I still got my shoes muddy. (And I really should go to bed now)

[MoinMoin]

Very nice - I like the pastels here very much.

[JAS_Photo]

Very nice! It looks like a rhododendron. I love those flowers, more of a tree, I guess. They will not grow here in Calgary. Too cold, too dry,the soil is too alkaline and if that were not enough, the Chinooks suceed in killing off many a tree and shrub that would normally survive a winter.

[Wicked Dark]

It's probably an azalea, similar to a rhodie, but they bloom about a month earlier. Mountain laurel blooms right on the heels of the rhodies and I've found a bunch of sheep's laurel at a favorite pond so my mind is turning that one over. Mine azaleas haven't bloomed yet, but when they do it's a riot of color and bees.

[QuietOne]

Yeah, it's getting close to everything blooming. Once the cottonwoods start, I'll be going through kleenex like crazy. And JAS, isn't it just like natural things to totally trash the good stuff? I was at the MK Nature Center yesterday. There were some deer hanging out in a section where they start the plants for the displays. I think the deer think the sign really says "MK Salad Bar".

[Mad Aussie]

oooo oooh I know what that is ... it's "pink" right Q1?

[QuietOne]

With a touch of lavender, MA. Deep breath, don't let these advanced identifications throw you.

[Mad Aussie]

Pink is about as advanced as I get with flowers I'm afraid