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Thursday 12 March 2015

The warmer days in the PNW have brought out the Magnolia buds big time. Within 2 weeks time there have been big changes.

The picture dated Feb. 28 has many very small buds on it.

The picture dated Mar. 4 shows the buds have grown much larger and show a lot more pink.

In the close ups the comparisons show a lot better. The photos are all dated as to when I took them.





In this close up some of the flowers resemble tulips, thus making the Magnolia tree sometimes called a “tulip tree.”
But is isn’t a real tulip tree.


I put a couple of cuttings of buds in the house and watched them bloom. Picture included here. In the past I have done that with other flowering trees or bushes as well if cuttings are taken when buds are close to opening.  They look very pretty when displayed in a vase

This close up of an opening bud shows more detail. The outer leaf like “skins” fall off as the bud opens fully.
The lawn is covered with them as the flowers on the tree open up in one of the pictures.
A small green leaf has started to appear on this cutting.


The furry, cocoon-like skins here have fallen off the budding flowers on the tree. There must be a technical name for these.


By the time the April report comes around I expect the tree to be fully in bloom and maybe even dropping a lot of the flower petals. By then the leaves should be coming on.

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