Magnolias - Beautiful White Flowers Blooming - モクレン - Belissima Magnólia em Flor
Um belo pe de magnolias proximo de casa... resolvi tirar algumas fotos para registrar esse momento tao lindo e tao efemero. Uma pena essas flores ...
March/In The Garden: Saucer magnolia is breathtaking in bloom
)."The Manual of Woody Landscape Plants" by Michael Dirr indicates the star magnolia has 31 cultivars, all of which are rounded in shape. If untrimmed, they will grow into a fairly dense shrub-like mound as tall as 15 to 20 feet, with an 8- to 10-foot spread at maturity. The most commonly available form of this magnolia is the 'Royal Star,' which like all star magnolias, has fragrant white 4-inch flowers with 20-35 narrow strap-like petals (tepals).
The cultivar 'Jane Platt' is often available and is named for the late Portland, Ore., plantswoman in whose garden the plant was found. 'Waterlily' is a cultivar also worth mentioning because it typically blooms a little later than the others. The blossoms on this plant open pink and turn to white. It is a tough plant with few disease or insect pests.
The saucer magnolia is frequently planted throughout the Mid-South. Its many common names often result in confusion and offer an ideal example of why we use the scientific names in identifying plants. Tulip tree and tulip magnolia are two of the names often used, although the tree has no relationship to tulips. These trees' colorful flowers merely remind some people of tulips.
