Well! Since our last post, we were in 2 weeks of quarantine (March 20-April 3) because we returned from a trip out of town. No sooner were we out of quarantine, than the Granite Farms Estates facility went into lockdown (April 4-June 5). Yesterday began Phase 1 of re-opening and we are allowed to leave the campus 2x/week.
So today we had a timed reservation to visit Tyler Arboretum. We planned to do one of the hikes that leave the deer fence-enclosed portion of the arboretum. However, the gates to these trails were locked! We were left to wander the Wister Rhododendron Garden.
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| Pink Cornus kousa/Kousa Dogwood |
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| Wister Rhododendron Garden (KSS) |
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| See how tall some of the rhododendrons are! |
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| Rhododendron blossom up close (KSS) |
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| Iris sp (KSS) |
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| A group of three nesting boxes |
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| Uh, oh! Looks like one of the original trees (planted by Jacob Painter) has finally passed: I believe this was the Aesculus flava/Yellow Buckeye |
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| Oh, look! A baby turtle! (KSS) |
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| Rhododendron prunifolium/Plumleaf Azalea: a native |
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| This old Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'/ Weeping Canadian Hemlock needed some props! |
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