Deciduous magnolia. Click here for high-resolution version.
Deciduous magnolia blooms are very susceptible to frostbite. In many years, frost gets my deciduous magnolia trees before they reach full bloom. There may be frost tonight. But at least the magnolias were able to fully bloom.
As far as I know, even the summer-blooming and evergreen magnolia grandiflora, also called Southern magnolia, grows well farther north, including in the United Kingdom. To my lights, every landscape (or garden, if you’re in the U.K.) needs magnolias. The deciduous magnolias have very little scent. Whereas Southern magnolias can be smelled a mile away (I’m exaggerating) on a hot summer night.
The apple trees are not yet blooming.
⬆︎ Deciduous magnolia. Click here for high-resolution version.
⬆︎ Plum. Click here for high-resolution version.
⬆︎ Peach. Click here for high-resolution version.
⬆︎ Periwinkle. Earlier I had identified this as bluets, but the PlantNet app seems pretty certain that it’s periwinkle. Click here for high-resolution version.
