Monet's Water Lilies

Water Lilies

Water Lilies One of the blue flowers, tropical water lilies have complex interiors with little match stick stamens.When one looks up Water Lilies, the first retrieval is about Claude Monet's water lilies paintings.  He did a series of 250 oil paintings and they are on display in museums all over the world.  These paintings are considered influential to many of the following generations of artists, and they are widely recognized and appreciated by the public.

Conservatory Water Gardens

I'm preparing an article for water gardens in conservatories. s Both Longwood and the Missouri Botanical Garden have extensive water gardens in their conservatories.  Here is a sampling…the first is in St. Louis, and Longwood images are the next three.

A Water Garden of Wonder

Niagara seems to be home to some wonderful homes, and this is a special one with a water garden outside the living room window that is on display all year. We were on a garden tour recently (July 2013), and had a great experience at the garden of Terri and Wayne Rubel.  

The garden has been featured in magazines and blogs - Wayne's creative water garden feature is the source of the curiosity.  He has set  a vase filled with water upside-down vase above the pond water line. When he puts some fish food in the vase, the fish swim 'up' to get it.   Here's the wonderful combination of water feature and special feature.