Spring Flowers 2020
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in08 Monday Apr 2019
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inWe received a good soaking of rain yesterday, while temperatures soared into the 70’s (20’s Celsius). The Magnolias trees outdid each another to bloom and open up their flowers. We have two trees and together they have thousands of buds opening up today.
A Star Magnolia (Magnolia Stellata) is normally the first one to bloom, but this year it yielded to the above trees.
22 Saturday Apr 2017
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inIt has been a really cool spring this year. One day, I suddenly realized that there were no flowers on our Magnolia Soulangeana trees which in other years would be covered with thousands of pink blooms. The frost had killed all but two of the buds, so no flower show this year! Fortunately, our Jane Magnolias, which bloom later did not suffer from the same fate. Thus we still have some pink Magnolias around the house.
Some other late bloomers also came through with a good showing.
Our Asian pear trees also did very well.
Finally when the Goldfinches molt and change their winter coats for bright breeding colors, you know that Spring has arrived.
26 Saturday Mar 2016
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inWe have nine Magnolia trees: pink, red, yellow, and white. The pink ones, Magnolia Soulangeana, are always the first to bloom. Here are a series of photos I took of them today in late afternoon, a half hour before sunset.