A bud on a magnolia tree, with a hint of pink, brings a hope of spring.
A fully open magnolia blossom was featured on “Bare and Exposed.”
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Posted for Debbie’s One Word Sunday – Pink
Such a beautiful sight to see and a good sign that spring is almost here.
Very interesting! Excellent macro shot also.
Thanks! 😊
A beautiful photo.
Thanks, Lynette. 😉
Wow – Great expectations! I was surprised to see some Crocuses popping up (sans blooms), but no Magnolias around here yet.
In Indiana, we had a magnolia tree in our backyard. The buds would pop up early sometimes, if we had a pop of warmth. 😉
My neighbor has a small magnolia tree and one year it bloomed four or five times. It often blooms more than once. It was planted quite a few years ago and never did that before our weather got so wacky.
I had no idea they could bloom more than once. 👍
It is not normal – I know it never did that until a few years ago, even in late Summer/early Fall, plus it blooms in the Spring when the rest of the magnolia bushes/trees bloom.
Wow! What a special magnolia tree. 😊
Yes, I’ve been checking to see if it is in bud, but not yet. It’s not very big either for as old as it is and is in a front garden.
Maybe it has been too busy blooming to grow much over the last few years. 😉
That makes sense – all the energy is going into blooming instead of growth? I’ll see how it fares this year. If it is starting to bud, the incoming wintry mix and cold will mess the budding process up. A few years back we had a very warm early Spring; all the tree leaves unfurled, the apple and cherry trees blossomed, then we had a hard freeze. My Japanese Miniature Weeping Maple tree’s leaves got frostbite, as did other similar trees and the leaves were tinged with brown all growing season. Farmers lost most of their cherry and apple crops and those fruits were trucked in from other states for their respective festivals (and for eating).
Aw, that makes me sad.
Yes, it was a big loss for the farmers and bad for the tourism industry as the state still could not get enough of either fruit for the Traverse City Cherry Festival in July, nor all the apple orchard events, cider, etc.
I just Googled and got these stats and it was in 2012:
“Michigan suffered a near-total destruction of its tart cherry crop and severe damage to apple crops in 2012 due to an early spring frost. A historically warm March was followed by an April freeze, which resulted in a “disaster” season, with some reports indicating nearly 90% loss of cherry production in certain areas.
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Pretty in pink, calling for Spring!
Exactly! 😉
Ah, spring. A lovely harbinger!
Yay! So glad you think so too. 😉
beautiful! awesome texture
Thanks for stopping by, Klara. 😊
Lovely – a nicely subtle hint of pink. Great detail.
Thanks, Debbie. 😊
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