When we returned to Aberdeen earlier this week, Gail was thrilled to see magnolia bushes out in bloom, one in a garden opposite our house, and the other near the entrance to Duthie Park. She took some photos of them on our early morning walk.
But when I suggested this would be an excellent subject for the LLB Gang's Nature Friday, Gail rather pooh-pooh-ed the idea.
"Nobby, I suspect most of your readers live in places where the magnolia flowers appeared weeks, if not months, ago. Although we might find it exciting that these gorgeous white and off-white blooms have finally put in an appearance in our neighbourhood, I fear others will regard the news as rather 'old hat'."
But I disagreed, reminding Gail that we live at 57 degrees North - that's further North than Moscow and Copenhagen, and almost as northerly as Juneau, Alaska - and just 'cos our spring flowers come later than in many parts of the world, it doesn't make them any the less special. Quite the opposite in fact.
So I'm posting the pictures anyway.
Do you have magnolias where you live?
Hari Om
ReplyDeleteWell argued, Nobby lad!!! Hugs and wags YAM-aunty xxx
Magnolias are always delightful and beautiful, so well done, Nobby.
ReplyDeleteYour Magnolias are beautiful, Nobby, and ours are budded but haven't burst into bloom yet. Now if the heavy rain would stop and the sun would come out, our Magnolia will be flowering away!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have any flowers around here yet, it will be another two weeks or so until they start to pop up. I'm sure we must have magnolias, but Mom isn't into flowers much, so we don't know. She likes to see flowers and says they are pretty, but most of them she has no clue what they are, LOL.
ReplyDeleteOoooh Stellata too. Yes ours has finished but your season is so concentrated that you will enjoy together things that are more strung out here - and besides I like to see magnolia anywhere any time. You have extended the joy of them.
ReplyDeleteso glad you published the magnolia, I had no idea they grow in your climate, here they are not bushes and the flowers are as big as dinner plates, the trees are 2 stories tall. I just checked our neighbors and no blooms yet, they grow year round here and never lose their leaves or go dormant. the trees are beautiful year round and very popular because they stay the same size and don't become ginormuous trees like the others do....
ReplyDeleteNobby in my opinion one can never ever NO never see to many beautiful Magnolia blooms and might I add this bloom is much different than what I've seen here.So happy you stood firm and for today's Nature Friday
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Those are such pretty magnolias, Nobby. We have them here too, but they are just now starting to open so you are ahead of us!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful photos of you and the magnolias Nobby.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Paca xx
We agree with you Nobby! Believe it or not, we don't have magnolias here in the high desert of NM....and these beauties are the first we've seen in Blogville!
ReplyDeleteThanks for persuading Gail to share them!!
xoxo,
Rosy & Sunny
There is nothing old hat about new blooms
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't show our Mom enough magnolias. There is a pretty tree across the street from us. When it blooms, it is just gorgeous, but it is a shame the flowers don't last very long. Keep showing them to us, Nobby.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
We have them too here in the city and they just bloomed----and now the blossoms are all over the sidewalks! But they are so pretty!
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