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Pretty tree ID
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:53 pm
by green_pea
Have yet to take a photo, but maybe someone could ID from my description. There's a tree about 6ft tall & 6ft wide in a front garden down the road with large (fist sized) pinkish white, upward pointing flowers on. The flowers are sort of lily like, no leaves just lots and lots of big flowers.
Any ideas?
Re: Pretty tree ID
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:34 pm
by Thomzo
Magnolia?
Re: Pretty tree ID
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:42 pm
by Zech
I agree, sounds like magnolia to me, too.
Re: Pretty tree ID
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:38 pm
by GeorgeSalt
Definitely sounds like a Magnolia, round here the
Magnolia stellata are in flower, and the large cup-flowered trees have fat buds just itching to break.
Dan Person had an article in the Guardian recently on growing them -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... -magnolias
Re: Pretty tree ID
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:54 pm
by oldjerry
The big things are Magnolia Grandiflora,usual prob they have is late frosts which brown the flowers before they open.or something a bit splendid,google Trewidden Blue.
Re: Pretty tree ID
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:30 pm
by doofaloofa
Handkerchief tree (davidii?)?
Just to be different