Magnolia

As I stood in the middle of our Magnolia pruning away, the perfume from the crushed leaves and stems was absolutely gorgeous. my first thoughts were of TEECEE and Mims :wave. Then wondered if there was someway of capturing it. Anyone got any ideas
Unfortunately I don’t have access to a still.

 

Ahhhh, That was a good one Tony! LOL I already have 4 Magnolia trees in my yard... I do enjoy them too.. I don't think you can bottle that fragrance..... It is much more enjoyable in real life... Do yours have the pretty pink flowers too? Mine are all pink... :-D

I am glad you are enjoying your Magnolia's too. Mine are getting ready to go to sleep for the winter.....

 

Mine is a Magnolia Soulangeana, its about 30 foot high abou 20/30 feet spread. in the spring its covered in beautiful deep purple tulip shaped flowers. Christmas time I put about 3 or 4 strings of lights in it

 

Oh, they sound beautiful, but are a lot older than mine.. Mine are 8 years old, and about 8 feet hi... They are also Soulangeana... Maybe the flowers will darken with age, I don't know :confused i do know one thing, they are beautiful.

I'll bet you get some really nice seed pods from yours I seen some in Mississippi years ago and fell in :heart with them, so I do baby mine

 

Don’t know why but I imagined yours would have been Stellata, LIKE YOURSELF

 

No, they aren't "Stellata's" and neither am I... rolleyes

 

Here is what mine looks like in the early spring, when it is flowering.. After the flowers, it grows leaves, and next year's flower-buds; This is only one of four trees in the yard, but they sure are pretty when they are blooming:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z185/sheltysoo/Magnoliasoulangeana.jpg

 

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuutttttttttiiiiffffffffuuuuuuuuLLLLLLLLLL

 

Thanks Tony, I like to take close-up pics of the buds too:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z185/sheltysoo/Magnoliabud.jpg

 

Working in the garden one morning when our local vicar past, she stopped and smiled, isn’t gods work beautiful. Unfortunately I had just got on the wrong side of a stinging nettle, and without hesitation frowned, you should have seen it when he had it to himself :-D

 

Oh, Tony, I can just imagine! LOL I never say bad words around my flowers... The Magnolia's may not bloom for me, you know

 

Hi TEECEE When I take cuttings and one doesn’t look like its going to root I whisper to it “come on or it’s the compost heap” :-D

 

Thats right,Tony.
Let them know that YOU are the boss. Maintain control.
Thats how I keep my car running. Tell it I do know where the recycler is.

 

yer pity we carnt do it with women :-D

 

Not and continue living.

 

hrlow2 knows, and tonyhale SHOULD know.. You might be glad, tony, that we aren't recyclable. :major

 

TEECEE I thought a beautiful intelligent lady like yourself would have recognized the fact that I just love to wind people up. :-D Never, in a month of Sundays would I even dream of insulting or demeaning someone I have come to look on as a friend :wave


The others, well

 

Hi Tony :wave Of course I know you are not serious rolleyes Why, us women have to keep yous guys in line, you know? :-D :-D

 

I have 3 Delavaye myself the size of TonyH and bigger and one little sprout that I want to move to the front of the yard. My problem are those fuzzy tailed RATS they call squirrels here. They start eating the buds before they have a chance to open.GGRRR All that is left are the ones at the very top of the tree.:confused Mine have a sweet citrus fragrance to them and a hairy bud as well.
Teecee and Tonyhale your blooms are just gorgeous. Do yours have the same sent?

 

Hi Bigtrucks.
I think have the remedy to your squirrel problem. You need to insert/apply one ounce of lead to the little darlings left, “yes left” ear preferably with a twelve bore.

 

LOL! Hey Tony, that will do the trick faster than wasp spray! :guns :-D:-D
Oh, I couldn't help myself, I was roflmao!


Yes, BT, my Magnolia's have a lovely fragrance when they first open.. It doesn't last long, but it is nice

 

Good morning georgeous!

 

*sniff*...Ahhh!...Magnolias!*sniff, sniff* I have two of the pink variety out in the front yard, also.

 

I am more of a geranium person myself... though in my yard the only things that bloom and spread lovely fragrance is rose bushes. They are my back yard babies... I prune them, cut off the dead heads, and fertilize and water them all year long. They are beautiful, and they smell heavenly.

 

One of the most fragrant roses I ever had was an old fashioned hybrid tea called Wendy Cussons, beautiful but prone to black spot.
Mims, Have you tried using dried blood as a fertiziler on you roses.

 

Hello Phantom!

 

Well, I'm glad you changed yer post. It had me a tad confused for a while. LOL


{......Oh, and "Hi", fellow Magnolia appreciator!}

 

LOL! Glasses are new, but the fingers are OLD! :-D

 

No, but I do occasionally mix used coffee grounds into the soil around the roots. They seem to like that.