It's that time - the Magnolias are covered and bursting forth with amazing blooms. These were seen on just one main road on the walk back from a coffee drinking session.
This is the only time that I am a little wistful about owning a Magnolia Grandiflora which has no sign of floral life on it yet, and when it does it will have a sprinkling of flowers over the whole season and not the gloriously, mad bursting forth that others have now.
See - lovely, glossy green leaves with bronzy undersides - but no flowers, not even a bud...
and then there's this down the road!
I must try to engineer a trip to Glendurgan Gardens here in Cornwall as soon as possible, they have a great collection of Magnolias, but there are so many other places that do too, there's a fantastic choice down here.
Ahhh... Magnolias - another favourite!
I have just the one so far.. Leonard Messel and he is very reluctant to bloom. I've properly cleared the ground around him now so perhaps he will finally take to settling in!
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