Winterthur, Delaware is the legacy of Henry Francis du Pont, 1880-1969, American

 

When the hardy azaleas and the rhododendrons begin to bloom in May on their celebrated acres in Winterthur,

 

 

 

Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) seize a moment in the sunlight.

 

 

 

 

Mostly blue-lilac, some paler than others. A few white ones.

 

 

 

Just for a moment before the flowers of azalea

 

Kurume azalea

 

and rhododendron 

 

Rhododendron above Spanish bluebells with Kurume azalea beyond

 

and native dogwood lift our eyes and float our spirits above ground through the month of May.

 

 

Flowering dogwood above Spanish bluebells