A sure sign of summer in the DC area is the water lilies start blooming at the local gardens. We’re lucky in the DC area – there are several botanical gardens and parks that feature water lily displays all summer long. They usually start blooming in mid-June and last through mid-September.
I used to think that water lilies were white flowers with yellow centers, not very big and certainly nothing to go out of my way to see. Boy was I wrong – I’ve fallen in love with all the different colors of water lilies I’ve been seeing – wonderful shades of pink, purple, yellow and blue. I’ve created a new video Beautiful Water Lilies with some of my favorite water lily photos. They are accompanied by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Prelude in C Allegro.
If it won’t play for you here on my blog – you can see the video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/cyu6PKwT6Us
I do have a number of water lily photographs available for sale in the water lily gallery on my website, including two introduced in the past few months.
Water Lily Leaves © 2015 Patty Hankins
Marmorata Water Lily © 2015 Patty Hankins