What a magical specimen of a thing! I was given the most amazing bunch last week by a gardening friend and can’t believe I didn’t get around to photographing them until only one was left standing! These flowers are intoxicating….their perfume so delicate yet heady at the same time. Our kitchen smelt like a dream for several days….I felt like I was floating!
A magnolia grandiflora was the very first tree we planted at Glenmore. And it languished, and languished. I don’t think it ever put out a single new leaf. It just stood there, for years…..until we moved it, and now its ever so slightly larger, but 25 years of growth would have been welcome! A few years ago we planted a specimen of the variety ‘Little Gem’. It’s growing. Slowly. Very, very slowly. But it does send out flowers from time to time and I treasure each and every one. So to receive a whole bunch? My friend has green fingers, and she says she’s been watering them this year! Thank you Tina for such generosity – I do HOPE you’ve been able to pick as many for yourself – they were MUCH enjoyed!