Flowers at Brookgreen Gardens - March 20/14

And now for the flowers and some scenery at Brookgreen Gardens.  Everything is very late this year, so there were not a lot of flowers.

Camellia

Eastern redbud tree.

This is a tree called the Star Magnolia.  The white tree below is the same kind.

And of course the pansies - very colourful and cheery.

Daffodil

Narcissus

This used to be the driveway to the plantation house, which burned down.  The gilt bronze sculpture of Dionysus is at the center where the house used to be.

The fern growing on this tree - very common down here - is called the resurrection fern.  When it is dry, the fern appears to be dead, but as soon as there is some rain, it "resurrects".

The magnolia trees were past their best.

I love the big, spreading live oaks - so named because, although they shed their leaves, there is always a new one to take the place of the one that drops.  This, with the hanging Spanish moss, says "south" to me!