Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in June 2017 – Water Lilies

The waterlilies at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens were the best I’ve ever seen them when we visited the gardens last week. Usually we go for the lotus flowers; the water lilies are already declining their peak blooming by that time. I didn’t take any landscape shots (I realized when I reviewed my ‘take’ when I got home)…focusing instead on the veins in lily pads and the flowers.

The lily pads have a lot of red in them on the underside as they are unfurling. The jumble of plants in the pond often lifts them out of the water at least temporarily. The pads are rarely pristine. I’m not sure what nibbles on them but it is obvious that they are food plants for some (insects, turtles, geese?).

The flowers are always spectacular. I took several images zoomed past the optical range (i.e. into the realm of digital zoom) and that makes them look painterly.