Greetings from Canberra, Australia, on a sunny Spring day
September in my part of the world is very literally 'change of seasons'. All in one day we can have gentle rain, then sunshine and stillness, then a wild wind from the west, coming off the last patches of snow on the Brindabella mountains.
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Magnolia soulangeana 'Star Wars'
This is the spectacular magnolia 'Star Wars'. She doesn't have many flowers. Her focus is grandeur. There are more photos in the slideshow on the right.
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Other magnolias are flowering now. This one is magnolia soulangeana 'Alexandrina.' She has masses of flowers and looks wonderful beside the prunus 'elvins', just coming into bloom.
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Prunus 'elvins'
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'Elvins' has masses of sword-shaped branches, totally packed with bloom. The blossoms come out pale pink then turn to richer, stronger pink as they age. Nice metaphor I think for all of us to become more colourful as life goes on (and more rich).
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| Magnolia 'Star Wars' against a grey September sky |
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