Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: White and Purple
http://www.ceephotography.com/2013/09/10/cees-fun-foto-challenge-white-and-purple/
WHITE
MAGNOLIA STELLATA
Magnolia stellata, sometimes called the star magnolia, is a slow-growing shrub or small tree native to Japan. It bears large, showy white or pink flowers in early spring, before its leaves open. This species is closely related to the Kobushi magnolia (Magnolia kobus), and is treated by many botanists as a variety or even a cultivar of that. However, Magnolia stellata is however accepted as a distinct species in the 1998 monograph by Hunt.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_stellata
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Your magnolia blossoms are beautiful and white!! Thanks for playing along!! Glad you found something to add.
Thanks, I saved them for the white challenge. They are nearly finished blooming. Some are still in full bloom.
Great photos! Thank you for providing the information. Magnolia Stellata is different from what I have seen, they are beautiful.
Thanks, my neighbor has a miniature one in her garden and she gave me the name of it.
Really neat. I wish magnolia grew like that around here.
Thank you. All Magnolias are in full bloom at the moment here.
besonderse blomme – nog nooit voorheen gesien nie
Beslis besonders. Dit trek elke jaar my aandag as hul blom. Daar is n hele verskeidenheid van magnolias hier wat ek ook vir die eerste keer hier sien.