Ocracoke in Bloom

Sundae Horn

Happy Earth Day from your favorite little island!

To celebrate the blossoming of spring on the sandbar, my young sidekick and I took a golf cart scud around the village, stopping to smell the flowers all along the way. We took photos of them, too, so we could share with you. 

Ocracoke in Bloom
Azaleas
Azaleas
Tradescantia blooms spring, summer, and fall.
Tradescantia blooms spring, summer, and fall.
Roses love Ocracoke.
Roses love Ocracoke.
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
Roses
Roses
Indian hawthorn
Indian hawthorn
Wild roses
Wild roses
Wisteria
Wisteria
Azaleas
Azaleas
Roses
Roses
Azaleas (with an Easter egg cameo)
Azaleas (with an Easter egg cameo)
Yaupon blooms are tiny little white flowers that "snow" all over.
Yaupon blooms are tiny little white flowers that "snow" all over.
Pittosporum smell so sweet.
Pittosporum smell so sweet.
Wild roses
Wild roses
What is this? I don't know.
What is this? I don't know.
Variegated pittosporum
Variegated pittosporum
Oxalis is one of the first spring blooms.
Oxalis is one of the first spring blooms.
Pyracantha close-up
Pyracantha close-up
Figs are leafing out! They don't bloom, but will explode with figs come summer.
Figs are leafing out! They don't bloom, but will explode with figs come summer.
Abundant and green and flowering! Sigh.
Abundant and green and flowering! Sigh.

 

 

 

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