The 2024 Garden Year
January 19, 2024 January Our year started with snow, ice and frigid temperatures in mid-January. Our temperatures stayed below freezing for almost a week. I think it was the most consistent cold that we've experienced since moving here. Fortunately, it was a dry snow so there wasn't too much damage. Once again, we almost lost the azara and I'm afraid there would have been some breakage if I had not kept knocking the ice off. February 14, 2024 February In past years, it seems that inclement weather seems to hit around Michael's birthday in mid-February. After the January snow and ice, this month was actually quite tame. Nothing exciting to report - mostly birdwatching . Early flowers like hellebores, cyclamen and crocus begin to bloom in mid month. March 3, 2024 March I got into a walking routine which I'm happy to report I am continuing this year. You get to the point where you feel guilty if you miss a day. I do miss days occasionally but I'm learning that ...
That is a beautiful color! Thanks for sharing your garden and by the way I luv the red birdhouse. Have a great weekend....Julian
ReplyDeleteThat is just gorgeous! I love the trees that produce blooms before the leaves come out. One can really appreciate the blooms. The rain puts a damper on the gardening chores but it is much needed. Stay dry!
ReplyDeleteYour magnolia flowers are so beautiful. The pink stands out against the gray sky. The rain seems to have finished off the flowers on the ones around here. Sad to see them go.
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Always Growing
Love the color of that magnolia! I don't grow the early bloomers here, but I do love my sweetbay and the big southern.
ReplyDeleteand soon you will have a pink blanket on the ground around it.
ReplyDeleteThey are so beautiful Phillip! Wish I had a magnolia! I guess I will have to put one on my list!!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Absolutely glorious...love the two-tone effect!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I cannot wait for them to come into flower up here!
ReplyDeleteThey are just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love bicolor blooms, yours is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteYears ago I worked in west London and I always remember as I queued in the traffic through Ealing there was this enormous magnolia that was always early, city micro climate I guess, it never failed to give me a 'lift', a true rite of spring. The blooms on your tree seem to float, almost unattached. Wonderful blooms and equally wonderful photographs.
Absolutely beautiful - that pop of color says spring is coming! thank you for sharing this - gives "hope" to everyone of us who is still waiting for something to bloom. xoxo
ReplyDeleteHi Philip... your photos are fabulous of Rustica. I have a friend here in Wisconsin who has a very mature one that is wonderful. I have been trying to get one going for some years (tried a number of them) and finally have a success that will probably bloom at about 4.5 feet tall this season as the buds appear to be ok. This has been its second winter. I know that once this takes off, it grows very rapidly. I have never seen better photos of a Rustica Rubra than what you are sharing today... fantastic! Larry
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The flowers really do look like tulips with those light interiors.
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, my magnolia is two toned also but not that color. I tried to get a good pic. today but didn't succeed. Will try again tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThat is about the prettiest tree I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteKelly
Phillip that is a stunning flower. Nothing like the southern magnolias in my yard.
ReplyDeleteIt is so pretty. There are a bunch of pretty pink & white saucer magnolias on the Ole Miss campus. Love them. How old is this tree?
ReplyDeleteIt appears that spring is marching on in your garden Phillip.
ReplyDeleteDo you know the name of your magnolia? I have a 'Jane' magnolia which looks very much like yours. I love the bicolor flowers!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite cultivars, and it is a shame it can be so hard to find. Your photos of it are very nice.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful! Got to love those magnolias.
ReplyDeleteWitam Filipie
ReplyDeletePiękna magnolia ,,bardzo podoba mi się jej kolor ciekawa jestem ,czy w mojej strefie klimatycznej by się utrzymała.
Muszę popatrzeć u nas w Polsce za ta odmianą ,,,,podziwiam