Despite of what you may read sometimes in Internet, rosy-pink flowers of M. soulangeana are not fragrant.
Unfortunately in April there may still come freezing nights - this is what we have experienced few days ago. Frost is damaging these beautiful, tulip-looking flowers.
In order to protect it from damage, we covered the tree for 3 the nights. In the evening covering, in the morning taking off the cover. It was possible, because tree is still not large. At the age of 5-6 years, it is about 2 m tall.
Magnolia soulangeana is a gray-barked hybrid between the lily magnolia and the yulan magnolia with different flowers colors that may be white, pink, crimson, or purplish.
2 comments:
We have a lot of these magnolias here, too, and they are just finishing up their blooming. Same problem that you have - late frosts sometimes will ruin the blooms. This year, my 'Leonard Messel' and 'Jane' were both lovely. I did have to cover them a couple of nights, but it was worth it!
Your gardens are so gorgeous, Ewa!
This is one of my favorite trees in my landscape. They have such beautiful flowers. I lost all the flowers on my Magnolia Soulangeana this year due to the late frosts that we had. They froze and turned brown on the branch. I was so disappointed! Mine is now much too large to cover.
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