Do you know what this is? the tree in my pay for yard started blooming this week,...

the tree in my pay for yard started blooming this week, but i enjoy no clue what type of tree it is. it is about 12ft elevated and the trunk is close to 18in around.
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Answers:    That looks like a rhododendron. I would try this site to confirm.

http://www.rhododendron.org/

If not, could it be an azalia?
This is a big infirm Rhododendron. In the south, they do become tree-height. So pretty, aren't they? This is the time of year they bloom too.