Azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

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Azaleas cover the entire front of my house on both sides of my driveway and both sides of the walkway to the front door. For most of the year, they just grow slowly taller, but every March, they bloom for a few weeks. All of the azaleas hedges are lined with boxwood hedges, and the azalea hedge in front of the walkway, shown here, is lined on both sides.



When the azaleas are in bloom, many bees, butterflies, and wasps hover and crawl all around it, including:

An azalea flower