I must admit that I am not in favor of the word, blog, which is to me a most unpleasant sound in English, something resembling a hybrid of bog and clog, so I will just introduce this next installment of 'Magnificent Magnolias' as a visual treat in the pageant of the flowering trees of Spring.

Sturdy, insect resistant, well shaped, describes the magnolias. I would reserve the word 'stately' for another magnolia which we will cover in the third installment. Most of the magnolias in Mother's Garden were a gift from a nursery in Alabama and they have adapted to the colder region on northern Georgia very well. Only the flowers of the cultivar, 'Dark Shadow', are occasional destroyed by a late frost.

Here then is a display of some extraordinary magnolias.

Magnolia sieboldii

Magnolia wiesneri

Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay Magnolia

Another photo of the Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia ashei

Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Magnolia kobus

In Savitri Sri Aurobindo writes: "All Nature was at beauty's festival."