Araluen

Our latest expedition to see Spring flowers took us to Araluen, where each year there are massed plantings of tulip bulbs (the work of volunteers). We were a bit late in the year for daffodils, but the tulips and camellias growing in the sheltered valley didn't disappoint.

Yellow tulips open to show their red centres

Camellias

Magnolia Starwars

Their huge flowers hang low towards the ground