Magnolia

[jbanana]

Magnolia blossom arrives early in the spring before a lot of other plants have woken up. The blooms seem too big for the tree and they soon lose their freshness, turn brown at the edges and start to fall. But for a few days they are a confident and beautiful reassurance that the winter is over.

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As a paint colour, Magnolia is off-white, but the blossom is always pink-tinged to some degree. I think that the paint is doing the plant a disservice.

Edit: Magnolia facts! It evolved before bees, and the large flowers are to encourage beetles for pollination. You can eat some kinds of Magnolia (don't do this on my say-so). It's named after a French botanist with a *huge* wig, Pierre Magnol.

Comments

[low_delta]

Before bees! I wonder how many plants have been around that long.