Monday, April 24, 2023

 Want a “Quickie” ? Today

 

Sitting here preparing to put together a Blog posting for tomorrow when I noticed the hibiscus - “Hawaiian” blooming off to my right.  It is the start of a new blooming session, the second one since the plant was brought indoors for the winter.



A really brilliant red. Nice to see that at this time of year when I see at the same time that it is blooming, it is snowing AGAIN outside!!!

Enough Already!!!





 A second photo take this morning with Lake Michigan in view.

 

 

 


Friday, April 14, 2023

A "Quote" .2 Life

No doubt the coming season has every gardener looking forward to visiting garden centers or paging through garden magazines.  It is in our blood as we can feel that Spring is going to happen soon.  Must be the root of addiction.

 

“Life is short,

buy the plants.”

 

Always lots from which to choose.  We all feel that we really do need larger and larger gardens so we can get all that we want!

 

Scilla Peruvia


Crocus


Daffodil
 

Here are just a few of the Spring plants in Gardens at Waters East, but so many more will appear as Spring moves along.

 

Enjoy your shopping.  I know I will.

 

Scilla


Wood Violet


Scilla


Scilla


Scilla


Blue Bells


Forsythia & Lake Michigan


Grape Hyacinth


Blade - with vines starting


Crocus


Scilla


Wood Violet


Tardia


Forsythia


Wood Violet


Pachysandra


Pushkinia


View of Spring


Blue Bells & Daffodils

 

 

  

Monday, April 3, 2023

BLOG SHOTS #154

 Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post a few never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  Here are the photos for this posting. The photos posted today were taken during the summer and more recently January and February of 2023. I think the dates will be obvious – some are warm and the others – well enough of the cold.

Lake Path

moments in the garden - - enjoy

 

Ore Ship as seen from the Gardens at Waters East


Cold sunrise in Winter


"Tele" of the same sunrise


Ship in "ice fog" - January 2023
 
Maltese Cross


Mallow


Love Over the Fence

 

Lilac


Another very cold winter morning


Ribs form a 1800's schooner

in the Coneflower garden


Joe Pye Weed


Close-up Joe Pye weed


German Iris

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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.