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Guess the name of this
Guernsey Donkey2
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One of the purple magnolias I would think. "Black Tulip"?
Magnolia soulangeana Nigra?
Oh, you beat me to it Bob
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove
. Lucky GD! My magnolias are quite some way from opening.
I'll pass lots on my way into the city tomorrow - I'll look for signs of life Bob
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Bob and Dove - I can't take the credit for growing this. We saw it today in the Victorian walled garden, so plenty of shelter, and I would think an original plant of 100 years +. Our own tiny Magnolia tree has just started to produce the first signs of life for 2017 and will be a few weeks yet before flowering.
We thought the buds here
looked slightly prehistoric and couldn't believe that such a beautiful flower started life in this odd looking form. Most of the tree was already in flower - don't you think it looks wonderful?
Superb, GD!
Magnolias are indeed prehistoric and one of the oldest of flowering plants. They were around during the Cretaceous period so were seen (and no doubt eaten) by dinosaurs!
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Ha Bob, you are a fount of knowledge, and very interesting too. Magnolias have always been a tree of great beauty to me and there is one particular prominent house here that has a magnificent magnolia in it's front garden - I used to see it everyday on my way to school, memories of a distant past!