Tulip time is here this week. They probably aren't quite at their absolute fullest but they are pretty impressive already. The first shot is part of band of tulip beds that surrounds the entry median at Biltmore right before you go through the Lodge Gate on your way in. The shot below is in the Walled Garden, and below that is outside A Gardner's Place where plants and other garden goodies are sold.

This is one of the more striking bits of vegetaion I have discovered since moving here. Bald Cypress trees seem to send up these growths from their roots within the drip ring of the tree. They look like little gnome villages. Very cool.