I love magnolia trees! I have two kinds in my yard: Souvlangeana and Genie. Souvlangeana is more common in my area. It is a pink and white colored flower. It starts out with a deep purple bud then once it starts to open, it turns light pink like the first picture below. The Genie is the second picture and it remains a dark purple throughout the flowering cycle.
I bought the Souvlangeana thinking it was going to be a dwarf tree but later found out that it is not a year AFTER it was planted in the ground (oops!). Magnolia trees will grow to be over 15 feet tall and definitely should be careful when planting them too close to your property or power lines. The Genie tree above is two years old and is about 4 ft tall. They were only about 1 ft when I first planted them.
The tree above is the Souvlangeana. This one is about two years old also. This year it has bloomed a lot more than the first year. The first year I had only one flower!
This is my Genie tree that is about to have two flowers. See the purple flower above.
This is my garden on an early morning stroll. Lots of pretty colors out there. I love pinks and purples so there is a bit of that here. The neighbor behind me grew bougainvillea but he told me most of the blooms are on my side as you can see the deep purple colors.
Below are some of my other favorite things growing in the yard.
Abandoned succulent that is about to set gorgeous yellow flowers. I rested this bunch against a dirt area with no water and total neglect. Look how happy it is. It’s about to have beautiful yellow flowers that bees are attracted to.
This picture above is an onion that I put in the ground. The stalk is growing to about 3 foot tall, stiff, and strange-looking like something out of the movie Little Shop of Horrors.
That’s all for now. Next week I will share about turning some of my favorite trees into bonsai.
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