The blooming season is fully upon us. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Butterfly on azaleas, submitted by Karen Borja of Gloucester.

John Hassell of Washington, D.C., formerly of Gloucester, photographed this lilac at the National Arboretum.

Josephine Clematis is in bloom, sent by Helen Herring of Harcum.

Martha Thompson Hudgins of Gloucester found a bee enjoying the azalea blossoms, and her iris in bloom.

Orchids at the home of Judy and Milton Hudgins on Sarah’s Creek.

Pat Rawls of Foster sent in this photo of the dead nettles and azaleas in her yard. Rawls said that longtime photo contributor Louise Witherspoon has given her starters including the dead nettle.

Weigela in the yard of Reed Lawson of Mathews.

Bruce Williams’s azaleas in bloom on Sarah’s Creek.

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