Garden Surprises !!!

While out working in the Gardens at Waters East this week, came across a couple of surprises !!!    So nice to see.

 

Enjoy

Pheasant on rock at Middle Walk

Last of the Star Magnolia

Fawn only a couple of days old.

Hidden by the mother near the rose bushes.

The mother will move the fawn each day to protect it from predators.

Wood violet - red

Wood violet - blue

Wood violet - white & blue

Wood violet - spotted

I was surprised to see all four types blooming this week.

Forget-me-not

 

  

One Singular Sensation !!!

Take a look at just one plant here at the Gardens at Waters East, the Crocus.  Looking in close, lots of interesting detail on this photo taken in May.

 

NICE

 

TOUR - Gardens at Waters East 5.10.22

Tour of GAWE 5.10.22 

On Tuesday this week May 10^th.  I took a “tour” of the Gardens at Waters East. As you will see – the flowers are well behind most of you my fellow Bloggers.  Not even one tulip is bloom at this time!

Double Daffodil

Wood Violet & Bumble Bee

Puschkinia

Forsythia

Close-up

 

The temperature on Tuesday was in the low 50s F,  12 C !  It is a lot cooler here on the shores of Lake Michigan.  That is nice in the middle of summer when everyone else is “baking” in the Summer heat, and here the gardens live with “natural air conditioning”.

Grape Hyacinth

Daffodil

Petasites japonicus

Close-up

Siberian  Squill

Magnolia bud

Magnolia bud #2

Siberian Squill field

Wood violet

Tardia

Daffodils

Once again - our friend the Bumble Bee

 

 

 

Enjoy the few blooms that exist this week.

 

 

Spring Ephemerals

Took a hike this weekend to check-out some of the Spring Ephemerals blooming these days.  Nice to see things beginning to come “alive” once again and the season finally changing to Spring.

 

Do Enjoy

We will see more of these later.

Then you will find out what they are.

These two photos are the  native Wood Violet

These next three are Trout Lily

The next three are Dutchman's Breeches

Puschkinia

A baby rabbit hiding from me!

Tullipa Humilis Lilliput

These are Siberian Squill

Chinodoxa forbesii

Glory of the Snow

These last three are Bloodroot,

the same as the first photo posted today.