Monday, March 16, 2009

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day: March 2009

This is my first time participating in Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. I've known about it a long time and follow what others have blooming, but I'm such a terrible gardener that I don't typically have much blooming. But, this month is different!

I planted a Japanese Magnolia two years ago. The student club had a big plant sale and it was a great deal. It was one of the first plants that I planted in our new landscape. It had one or two blooms last year, but this year it just took off!


I know this makes Tom really mad. He is a great gardener (well, he is the Florida Master Gardener Coordinator!) and he has six or eight of these trees. But, the squirrels eat his buds off every year! He never gets any flowers and this makes him very, very mad at the squirrels.




I just LOVE these flowers! I think they're beautiful and I'm always sad to see them stop blooming.

8 comments:

Janet, The Queen of Seaford said...

I am sorry the squirrels get those blooms!! I have a Magnolia x 'Jane' and thankfully the squirrels leave it alone.

Anonymous said...

Your Japanese magnolia is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing, and thanks for participating in GBBD. :)

Dani said...

Beautiful close ups of the flowers! Very pretty!

Kim Taylor Kruse said...

Yay for Japanese magnolias! And great photos, too.

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Anonymous said...

I love magnolias, those darn squirrels will get them though

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Psych Nairo said...

Those flowers are so beautiful, they are among my favorites. Sorry about the squirrels!