Yup, we got one… didn’t know. Coming up to three years since we moved here and it’s flowering for the first time.
It is a form of Magnolia and according to the RHS (very unimpressive) web site it is on the endangered list.
I wonder which particular set of weather conditions over the last twelve months or more have collided to spur this lovely tree to fruition?
Substitute drizzle for rain. Insert “days” for day. Call it floated rather than came with…
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Hot weather on the way, and we don’t like it. We generally don’t stop, there’s…