Over many years I've shown the magnolia at the house next to the synagogue you can see in my header photo. In our earlier days here we didn't see it peeking out into our balcony view, but I do now. It has grown a bit in twenty two years.
You must admit, it is a fine specimen.
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In Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, the street is lined with magnolias.
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Gorgeous trees.
ReplyDeleteI do love magnolias Bob.
DeleteMagnolias seem so exotic that I am always amazed that they grow here.
ReplyDeleteJayCee, they are a brief annual pleasure, but worth the wait.
DeleteI adore magnolias and mourn that we cannot grow them. I have tried several times but the sulphur crested vandals destroy them and I am not trying again. Other people in the street have them. Sigh. My tulip, tulips are out of the ground though.
ReplyDeleteAh EC, you are victim to your kindness to the vandals. Good to know about the tulips.
DeleteMagnolia has too short blossom period like 10 days
ReplyDeleteRoentare, indeed but what a ten days of pleasure.
DeleteOur street was planted with Manchurian pear trees about 16 years ago and for the last week we have had a sea of white.
ReplyDeletePeople are flocking to take pics and on the weekend even young things were throwing themselves across the bonnets of their cars taking pics . We should have set up a lemonade stall! A beautiful time of the year! When autumn comes they are back again taking pics of fallen leaves ……they never offer to rake them up!
Anon, pear trees put on such a terrific display, and similarly brief. They are just coming into their own here now. Nature deals with leaves, even if not as quickly as we would like at times.
DeleteSpring is such a nice season! Enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteIt is a nice season Debby but is also our windiest season, and we are really set for winds this night into the morning.
DeleteMagnolias seem so compatible with older buildings for some reason.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I remember huge and stunning magnolias in a film, maybe, Hello Dolly, but it had another name I think.
DeleteLove Magnolia trees, the street look good and must be great to see it in person.
ReplyDeleteOur magnolia tree is 'dead', no new shoots, B cut it back too hard but I have photos of the magnolia flowers.
Yes, Margaret, it is great to see in person. I was a few days too late to see it at its peak. Generally I don't think magnolias are pruned, except for perhaps shaping. The larger magnolia, the more blooms.
DeleteI like magnolias, though I usually miss seeing the one tree here blooming because I don't pass it to get to the shops. I like spring onions too, chopped into a salad or finely chopped into scrambled eggs.
ReplyDeleteOh yes River. Spring onions are vital in my diet. Are they the same as shallots?
DeleteNo. Visit the onions section of your supermarket and read the labels to know the differences.
DeleteBeautiful trees. That made me smile about the boarder growing spring onions. I keep spring onions in a glass like that, in the fridge, apparently it keeps them fresher longer.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Alison, for a twenty one year old, he has great instincts for food and plants. I was such a dumbo at his age.
DeleteMagnolia blossom is so beautiful. A street lined with them must be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteOh yes JB. A lined street is beautiful. I'll try to remember when the time arrives, but I think Sami in Perth will probably show photos of flowering jacaranda lined streets in our early summer.
DeleteThe colors of spring.
ReplyDeleteAnd what they herald.
DeleteIt seems a little rude to keep calling your new lodger 'The Boarder' Andrew. Couldn't you just refer to him by his real name or make one up? He could be Humphrey or Clarence or Anthony Albanese.
ReplyDeleteI'll think about that one YP.
DeleteI keep forgetting you are springing there, while we are falling.
ReplyDeleteStrayer, as it always is. We feel sad when you feel happy, and vice versa.
DeleteThe only problem with Magnolia is that the flowers don't last long. They are so beautiful.
ReplyDeletePat, and wild weather, which we are prone to this time of the year, hastens their demise.
DeleteI personally won't be satisfied until you post a Monday Mural of Magnolias.
ReplyDeleteSteve, I have to hunt for a magnolia mural then. Ok.
DeleteI love magnolia trees. They won't grow here, too cold, but they do grow in Vancouver where my daugther lives. They look decadant.
ReplyDeletePixie, I always associate them with the deep south of the US, but I am not sure why as it would be hot and humid, or hot at least. Vancouver is the place to be, which is why it is so expensive.
DeleteThere are species of magnolias that grow here. I regret not having a large enough yard. ~sigh~ Have you ever seen the awesome, heartfelt movie "Steel Magnolias"? It's based on a true family and I watch it every few year or so.
ReplyDeleteDylan McDermott doesn't have much screen time but he is a beautiful, talented man. On a side note, I adore all his acting roles. The sci-fi dystopian film "Hardware" is where we first saw him and he remained amazing in "American Horror". You can find his filmography here:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001518/?ref_=tt_mv
I meant "every year or so". lol Be well!
DeleteI have seen Steel Magnolias, Darla but it was so long ago, I can't remember it now. Dylan is quite handsome.
DeleteMagnolias do suit older buildings. Or is it just that they are a classic garden tree and often seen in an established garden.
ReplyDeleteThere's a magnolia tree in my back yard, some silly person planted it in an unused corer behind the garage before the house was mine. Why?
Kylie, yes I think we associate them with older established gardens, mainly made up of exotic plants. That sounds like a weird position, for sure.
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