Gardens at Waters East: June 2016

Monday, June 27, 2016

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 6.27.16

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken today at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 6.27.16

Lake Michigan - the edge of Gardens at Waters East

There are so many blooms happening everyday this month. June is busting out all over! A “Quickie” posting could be made everyday this month – so much going on in the gardens. However, I will restrain myself and limit the number of “Quickies” that will be posted during the month. The blooms, the clouds, and as always – the lake were beautiful all day today.

Enjoy

Primrose

Goat's Beard - Aruncus dioicus

Delphinium at Asian Patio Wall

Delphinium at the garden entrance gate

Daisy & friends

Viburnum - Autumn Jazz

Gottendorf Rose

Diablo Ninebark

Daisy & Phlox

on the Lake Trail

Sweet William & a flashy friend

Formal Garden

NOTE: Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here. It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

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Reference Note: For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 6.23.16

“Quickies”

Daisy & Phlox

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - -6.23.16

Frog about to to have breakfast.

Oriental Poppy & "bug"

Peony

Last evening and during the night, there was a gentle rain for a number of hours. This morning the droplets added to the beauty of so many of the blooms. Here are a few – and you will notice – “others” were here this morning checking out the plants too!

False Sunflower

Sambucus - Black Lace

Daisy with Ghost Spider

Siberian Iris - Caesar Blue & bee

Spirea - Snowbound & friends

Siberian Iris - White & friend

Tiger Lily

Daisy & friend

NOTE: Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here. It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@yahoo.com

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

IT IS OFFICIAL !!!

It is now official

Missouri Primrose - 1st day blooming

The first full day of Summer is today – YEAH!!!

Daisy & friend

Aruncus - Goat's Beard

Formal Garden

Coral Bells

To celebrate I took slow walks around the gardens -- both this morning and then again this afternoon. Ended up taking more than 140 photos of the many flowers in bloom today. Here I will post twenty-four of them – an “overview” of the day.

Maltese Cross

Lysimachia - 1st day blooming

Gottendorf Rose - 1st day blooming

Lilac

Creeping Jenny - 1st day blooming

Lupine

Lake Michigan

always adds so much to the garner experience

Moss Rose

Siberian Iris - yellow

Weigela - Wine and Roses

Allium Azureum - 1st day blooming

Allium Mountain Mix

Centaurea Montana

Peony

Poppy

Siberian Iris - Caesar Blue

I think that some of the plants must keep, hidden somewhere in amongst their leaves, a calendar of when Summer officially begins because there were some plants that bloomed today for the first time. They must have know that today is the start of Summer.

Splish Splash Geranium

Most interesting - every bloom is different - no two the same on the plant.

Sweet William

Do enjoy your walk with me – so many more photos to see but these will have to do for this posting.

Spirea - Snowmound

Baptisia

NOTE: All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East

unless otherwise marked.

NOTE: Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here. It is what it is.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Star Magnolia - 2016

Here is a look at the Star Magnolia growing in Gardens at Waters East. I find the petals on this plant to be so “graceful”. The photos here span the time of blooming this year – from first buds on April 24, 2016 to end of blooms June 1, 2016.