Gosh that seems so early! Our own in England were only about three months ago – maybe later, so I wasn’t expecting you would have yours yet. Beautiful image.
It’s early for us too. Our weather has been all over the place; it’s meant to be winter and we’re in drought, but temperatures that make it quite comfortable to go out in summer clothing.
Aaaah, they are the best! We worked 3 days in the very badly neglected garden of our house in France and on one morning I spied the first very large flower opened up of a summer magnolia…. I call them that because they have flowers only in summer and few per tree. The spring ones bloomed in mid February in France and there were zillions of pinkish-whiteish glorious beauties……
I have a love-hate relationship with them. The flowers are pretty but very short-lived and then we just have a huge, slimy pile of brown petals on the ground.
We never experienced that slimy part – but of course here it’s summer and in our region (where we lived in F) summers are very dry and very hot – in fact too hot for my liking…. So they flourish for a much too short time and then the petals just turn brown and shrivel – I do love the ‘cones’ that form afterwards. They make magnificent decorations during winter.
We acquired the tree in a boundary change and I have to say that I don’t love it. The flowers are great for a day, then turn into a slushy mess on the ground. The leaves do make good mulch though 🤨
Zimmerbitch 
Gosh that seems so early! Our own in England were only about three months ago – maybe later, so I wasn’t expecting you would have yours yet. Beautiful image.
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It’s early for us too. Our weather has been all over the place; it’s meant to be winter and we’re in drought, but temperatures that make it quite comfortable to go out in summer clothing.
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Don’t put your winter stuff away though. It’s like that here. Basically a lovely summer … except when it’s not.
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MAGIC POST SU, THE FIRST BLOOM BRINGS JOY AND THE LAST BRINGS SADNESS, ENJOY TODAY, CHINA
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Beautiful
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So pure.
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Love it!
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Aaaah, they are the best! We worked 3 days in the very badly neglected garden of our house in France and on one morning I spied the first very large flower opened up of a summer magnolia…. I call them that because they have flowers only in summer and few per tree. The spring ones bloomed in mid February in France and there were zillions of pinkish-whiteish glorious beauties……
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I have a love-hate relationship with them. The flowers are pretty but very short-lived and then we just have a huge, slimy pile of brown petals on the ground.
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We never experienced that slimy part – but of course here it’s summer and in our region (where we lived in F) summers are very dry and very hot – in fact too hot for my liking…. So they flourish for a much too short time and then the petals just turn brown and shrivel – I do love the ‘cones’ that form afterwards. They make magnificent decorations during winter.
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I have to agree with margaret21, does that mean you are entering into your spring?
Leslie
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The first is always a delightful and much-anticipated joy. Lovely shot.
janet
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Thanks Janet. 😀
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Gorgeous! Never grown these, not having the space, but I do love them!
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We acquired the tree in a boundary change and I have to say that I don’t love it. The flowers are great for a day, then turn into a slushy mess on the ground. The leaves do make good mulch though 🤨
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