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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Magnolias at Kew Gardens

Mark and I visited Kew Gardens this morning. We are members at Kew and so visit regularly, today we were keen to see the spring colour, and in particular wanted to see the Magnolias in flower, especially as we had tried last year but were a week or two late.

Fortunately we were not to be disappointed and we thought you would also like to share in the sights!

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei'

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei'



Magnolia heptapeta

Magnolia stellata 'Two Stones'


Magnolia 'Galaxy'

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Picture'


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12 comments:

  1. PolkaDotGaloshes3 April 2011 at 00:05

    Breath taking! Oh how I love Magnolias, what beautiful, beautiful pics.

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  2. Hazel3 April 2011 at 01:42

    Fantastic photos of truly beautiful plants. I so enjoy your blog boys...I never quite know what I am going to get, but it is always interesting. Thank you.

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  3. Marguerite3 April 2011 at 02:55

    Looks like you made it right on time this year. Lucky you, that's quite the sight with so many trees.

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  4. Tiina3 April 2011 at 09:49

    How beautiful...Magnolias are so amazing.Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures with us and I hope your spring continues happily in UK:)So glad I found your blog,love to follow this!

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  5. Alistair3 April 2011 at 13:22

    Magnolias really are so very special. Two stones looks very much similar to the regular Stellata with perhaps larger flowers.

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  6. Nic3 April 2011 at 14:54

    So beautiful! I absolutely adore magnolias...and I am intensely jealous of your Kew Membership and the fact that you get to visit that amazing place regularly.

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  7. HolleyGarden3 April 2011 at 18:47

    Wow! Thanks so much for naming these beautiful magnolias. I can see now why you wanted to see them in bloom. Absolutely gorgeous.

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  8. Helen/patientgardener3 April 2011 at 18:49

    Fabulous photos - thanks for sharing

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  9. Christine3 April 2011 at 23:33

    Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing.

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  10. p3chandan4 April 2011 at 17:59

    Gorgeous beauty and your photos are stunning!

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  11. One5 April 2011 at 01:13

    If Kew Garden is within driving distance, I would speed there right now.

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  12. Mark and Gaz5 April 2011 at 12:52

    Thanks Julia, Hazel, Marguerite, we’re lucky to get timing just right this year. They were a spectacular sight. Magnolias are the queen of spring flowering trees :)

    I’m glad you enjoyed them Tiina :)

    Alistair, it does look very similar to the usual Stellata, I couldn’t see the difference on passing scrutiny.

    Thanks College Gardener, HolleyGarden, Helen. We try to use our annual membership as much as we can. We’re lucky Kew is a reasonable distance from us, always enjoy visiting at any time of the year.

    Thanks Christine, P3chandan, One, glad you enjoyed it! One, you better hurry up or wait till next spring :-)

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