The first magnolia flower of the year. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
While May was a difficult month to sum up in an image, the same couldn’t be said for June.
This month the rain has arrived, and with it colder temperatures, high winds and — in the last few days — the first magnolia flower.
So far, there is only one. Hundreds of tiny furry buds, but only has burst forth. I captured this yesterday between rain showers.
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Zimmerbitch 
Too bad they are short lived.
Leslie
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A perfect flower! Which magnolia is it? Ours for this year are only a memory now!
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I’m not sure. I don’t know much about the different varieties of plant.
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Of no account really. The beauty of the flowers is the thing!
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Beautiful Magnolia flower. I remember seeing that movie called Magnolia. If I remember correctly it was a good movie.
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Thank you 😀 I haven’t seen Magnolia, but I looked it up and it seems really interesting.
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Your magnolias bloom in winter? Ours bloom in early spring. How odd.
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It’s just our crazy weather! It’s been so warm the plum trees were starting to bud as well.
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That’s not usually a good sign 😦
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You’re right. I’m feeling very fortunate that so far, the weird weather has been relatively benign, but I am aware that’s not the case in many places.
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I have a magnolia tree in my backyard. The flowers are beautiful, I just wish they would bloom longer than one day. Thanks Su! 🙂
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I know what you mean; they are so transitory and more precious because of it.
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A wonderful way to look at it! Thanks Su.
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So very lovely Su-I always look forward to the magnolias blooming here-some of the trees are quite old and it is a real testimony to their strength and yet delicacy in creating these beautiful blooms-
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Thanks Meg. Magnolias are fascinating; so short-lived and then producing masses of “organic matter” to renew the soil around them. I love the blooms, but am really not crazy about all the dead leaves and petals that turn to sludge around the tree. Useful I know, but a but icky to walk in.
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I hope that magnolia hasn’t peaked too soon. A nasty frost will see it turn a horrid brown. Beautiful flowers though which is why I love springtime.
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It hasn’t been quite cold enough for a frost, although we’re apparently getting some wild weather this weekend. So far, there have been no more flowers, but lots of buds. Fingers crossed they will survive the weekend. 🙂
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