Showing posts with label Saucer Magnolia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saucer Magnolia. Show all posts

Monday, February 26, 2018

Monday garden and thoughts. . . . . . . .


Wow, time flies!  Here it is Monday again and this will be a crazy, busy week for me.
I managed to prepare a few posts over the weekend.
 I was fed up with trying to decide what to pack for Patagonia. . . . . and how to fit 
it all into a large rolling duffel . . . . . so took short breaks from looking at piles
 of layering clothes and tons of toiletries all over the bed, shot a few photos 
around the garden, and wrote some posts to share this week. 

Last evening I collapsed in my chair with a glass of red and two chocolates!!
 To hell with the prednisone weight gain, I'm tired of fighting that issue for
 the past year. 
Absolutely loved watching that hour and a half series finale of VICTORIA
 which I thought amazing! Did you see it?

NO, your acorns are not buried here! Guess they'll continue digging in my pots of tulip
bulbs and pansies whilst I'm gone.

The saucer magnolia continues to brighten the February garden.

Plenty of garden chores will have to wait 'til April.

The daffodils and jonquils brought 'sunshine' to a somewhat cloudy weekend 
with a few showers.


So here's to the week ahead. Know you are freezing in the UK - even the
 English Channel is turning to ice along the Devon coast where my family lives, 
and severe storms caused by Siberian winds with snow and ice are heading
 across England from north to south for much of this week.

So take care wherever you are. . . . . . and do stop by tomorrow as it's a
 special anniversary for me!


Friday, February 23, 2018

February garden delights. . . . . . .


Akebia budding on the potting shed. . .



Read more, and see photos, of my pretty tree shared on this day last year - it's
 taller and blooming right now in this warm late February weather.


The very first violets under the watchful eyes of the garden cherubs. . . . . . 



From my North Carolina garden. . . . . . . . . wishing you a good weekend.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Saucer magnolia, early garden splendor. . . . .


Grabbed the camera yesterday to take some photos of this lovely flowering
 magnolia liliiflora in the garden. I planted it ten years ago when quite tiny, 
just 18" in its garden center pot, and it's now about 15 feet tall. A moderately
 fast grower until about 20 years of age, it should top out around 20 feet with
 15 feet spread. One of the earliest multi-stemmed flowering trees in the USA,
 it blooms from late winter and is a beautiful first indicator of spring, with flowers
 opening before the grey-green leaves appear. . . . . . .I think you will agree
 it's very lovely.









With the temperature continuing very warm again here today and tomorrow - perhaps
 hitting 80F - we're enjoying the many blooming trees, shrubs and plants. However we
 are concerned that it will no doubt cool off with possible frost damage in the remaining
 weeks of winter. . . . . . . . a winter which never really arrived around here!