I am always drawn to the water lilies. There is a large carpet of them on the pond and you can see those photos here if you missed them.
I found this graphic online.
More facts can be found here at the Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington DC. We were here once and are way overdue for a visit. It's a marvelous place!
The next photo is called the Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). There is a lot of information here. It is one of the tallest and most beautiful eastern hardwoods, with a long, straight trunk, a narrow crown that spreads with age, and large showy flowers resembling tulips or lilies. It is a tall straight, deciduous tree that grows to 150 feet tall (sometimes taller), has a medium to narrow crown and distinctive, star-shaped foliage. The yellow-orange, tulip-like flowers are often missed because they are up to 50 ft. or higher in the tops of trees. Their cone-shaped seedheads remain after leaves have fallen.
The trees are native to eastern North America. Specifically their natural range extended from southern Ontario and possibly southern Quebec, south toe Florida and Louisiana, and west to Illinois and Michigan. They are a common sight in the eastern United States, thriving in various habitats like woodlands, protected by hillsides and wooded valleys.
Introduced into Europe from Virginia by the earliest colonists and grown also on the Pacific Coast. Very tall trees with massive trunks existed in the primeval forests but were cut for the valuable soft wood. Pioneers hollowed out a single log to make a long, lightweight canoe. One of the chief commercial hardwoods, Yellow Poplar is used for furniture, as well as for crates, toys, musical instruments, and pulpwood.
I was too late to see it blooming on this particular visit, but I went on a hunt through my old blog and found the following two photos taken in 2009.
I got the settings wrong on this photo as it was a bit washed out to look at. I tried to darken it a little but need an expert. I need to find the book! It's a Pickerel Weed and I go into more detail at this post if you scroll down.
Shared before but wanted to include this pretty pink Swamp Rose. This link will give more info where I go into more detail.
I first shared the photo (taken at Walney) and the quote here, but felt it worthy of doing so again
Thanks so much for visiting, and a thank you to all those who comment. I hope everyone has a great day!
Beautiful series, Denise. I love ❤️ that my favourite artist, Claude Monet is mentioned as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda, one of my favorites also :)
DeleteI have never seen a Tulip Tree like this! I love and am fascinated by water lilies as well. But there are none anywhere around here that I have seen.
ReplyDeleteWe have three ponds that we frequent, two have a whole carpet of waterlilies stretching across them, the other has lotus. The only place I have seen a tulip tree is at the one pond.
DeleteI don't think we have trees like that in Greece!
ReplyDeleteI love water lilies, I had admired them in the previous post!
This collage is fantastic!!
Thank you for your kind words Katerina, very much appreciated :)
DeleteLove the water lilies and the tulip tree, the flower is rather pretty, it's different.
ReplyDeleteYou collage is good too, Denise.
Thank you Margaret, I am so glad you enjoyed them :)
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you my friend :)
DeleteWater lilies and tulip trees, two of my very favourite things. Interestingly, tulip trees are becoming ever more common here whereas in the past we were north of their normal range. How people still doubt climate change is beyond me, the evidence is all around us.
ReplyDeleteI can see why they are favorites David, they are beautiful :) How interesting that you are seeing more of them, but I've read that about climate change.
DeleteDear Denise :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the beautiful flowers of the Tulip Tree. They are new to me. but not the waterlilies, as I still have some growing in the pond. They are lovely flowers and they give me a peaceful feeling whenever I look at them. I have only been back blogging for a few days, but it does feel good to be back.
All the best
Sonjia
Hello my dear friend, it is so good to see you back :) Thank you for your lovely comment and I will be over right after I have published this. All the best to you too Sonjia :)
DeleteThe flowers of the Tulip tree are beautiful. What a sight it must be in full bloom - from above!
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful to see them in bloom. Thank you Janice :)
DeleteGorgeous photos :-D I really like that quote too :-D
ReplyDeleteThank you Ananka :) so glad!
DeleteWe have quite a few tulip trees in our area of Indiana. I love them but are not sure which variety they are. They all seem to be the same, with white flowers. I love water lilies too but had no idea they came in so many colors. Gorgeous!! Love, Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteThe colors on those waterlilies are new to me also Andrea :) There are only a couple of places I have seen these tulip trees and was happy to have discovered them. Thank you and sending love xoxo
DeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI love the waterlilies, they are so pretty.
We have some of the tulips trees in the forest around our home. The flowers are lovely.
Take care, have a great day!
I agree and interesting that you have these tulip trees around your home. You take care and have a great day too :)
DeleteThose water lilies are gorgeous. What a totally gorgeous post this was with all the pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann, they are very pretty flowers. I am very happy you enjoy all my photos. Seeing flowers even in photos puts a smile on my face :)
DeleteWe always called it a Tulip Poplar tree. We had lots of them on the property of The Lodge. Fast growers but when the derecho came through one time they took a beating. Fortunately none landed on our house.
ReplyDeleteI've noticed a lot of these trees go by different names on my plant app. I've seen those derecho's on YouTube. I had never heard of them until a couple of years ago. I'm glad your house made it through okay.
DeleteI have a now neglected decorative pond in which I grew water lilies. The tree and its flowers are interesting. They do grow tall!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have a pond but am content to go visit them at our local one. The one I took photos of was just starting but the other is really tall.
DeleteI like water lilies but we have very few here. I remember one time taking a canoe through water lilies.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a ride I would like to take :)
DeleteI have never seen that tree before. They have really unique flowers--wow!
ReplyDeleteLove water lilies. That swamp rose is really pretty, too. :)
Thanks Rita, you're right, they are unique. Glad you enjoyed all the flowers :)
DeleteDenise
ReplyDeletejust pure joy and loveliness today.
thank you Cecilia
Well, you put a smile on my face Cecilia, thank you so much :)
Deletei really enjoyed all of the images, we have quite a few ponds here, along one of our walking paths that have them. my blog header picture is a purple water lily!! i think tulip magnolia trees are my favorite!!
ReplyDeleteThat's great Debbie and I do love your purple water lily header, always have :) The tulip magnolia trees are hard to beat also.
DeleteTambién me atrae los nenúfares y en general todas las flores.
ReplyDeleteYo también :) ¡Las flores siempre me hacen feliz!
DeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteI thought they were too, thank you Christine :)
DeleteWater Lily's one of July's birth flowers are lovely and of course Monet painted them beautifully.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Denise.
All the best Jan
Thank you Jan, wouldn't it be wonderful to visit Monet's garden? All the best to you too :)
DeleteIt is so nice to have a spot like this to visit and re-visit!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is, we feel very fortunate we live as close as we do :)
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