At one time, the blooms on the Japanese magnolia in our front yard covered the entire tree. I don't know what happened over the years to cause the blooms to be sparser, but the flowers that DO bloom are still lovely.
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Spring is staring to bust out! thundercloud plum trees are in blossom here. I've not seen any "tulip trees" awakened yet.
ReplyDeleteSo that's what those trees are called.
ReplyDeletePretty!
how gorgeously beautiful. Nice to see the sunlight too
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. One of the things I miss about the Bay Area is seeing those bloom in the Berkeley hills.
ReplyDeleteIs this the same tree that got "accidentally ravaged" last year in the pruning?
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely. It's going to be a while before we see blossoms here in Noth Joisey.
After you get as far north as middle Alabama, these little trees are tricked into blooming at this time of year by a false spring. (A neighbor down the block has one that is just wonderful.) Alas, tomorrow night we are going back down below freezing and the poor little tree will have it petals all in a lovely pink circle on the ground around its trunk by Monday morning. They are great while they last, however. Yours is quite beautiful.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, the ravaged tree was a crepe myrtle. The tree in the picture came through the storms just fine. The crepe myrtle did nicely last spring, although it's much smaller.
ReplyDeleteBoocat, we've had a freeze with the tree blooming a time or two. It's sad to see.
Spring!!! Yippeee!!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Tobias. The picture cheered me greatly, too. Well, the tree, really. When I roll up the shade in my bedroom window, the tree is what I first see.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, that spring thing is a-comin'.
Grandmere,
ReplyDeleteMagnolias, azaleas, rhododendrons, and crepe myrtles are acid-loving plants. Unless you have naturally acid soil, they need acid every year. Without routine application of acid, they bloom more sparsely; if the soil is extremely basic they will eventually turn brown and die. You probably know this already.
Try "Hollytone" or aluminium sulfate (a stronger acid)according to directions. I think gardeners direct you to apply acid in spring after blooming, and in the late fall.
Cheryl Mack (still angling for a "Bracken's Brown" magnolia for my back yard.)
NCMama, thank you. I'll print your comment and pass the information on to the real gardener in the family - Grnadpère. He's uses fertilizer on the tree, but perhaps not the proper kind.
ReplyDeleteI missed so many lovely pictures on your blog by being away and not having access to the internet. I love your magnolia. I agree about the acid soil. My rule while I was in California was to apply it Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. That seems to do the trick for acid loving plants in a basic soil area. Don't have that problem here in Maine. We have to worry about making some soils more basic.
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