Blooming and fading away...

It's the time for the Magnolias now. The trees are full with beautiful and big buds of those magnificent white flowers

They are so beautiful in their blossom time, aren't they?

Life and death - faded away Magnolia blossom

Magnolia Grandiflora

It is so wonderful to see all the magnificent blossoms of the blooming Magnolia trees.

Read what Wiki has to say to the Magnolia tree

Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern magnolia or bull bay, is a magnolia native to the southeastern United States, from coastal Virginia south to central Florida, and west to East Texas. It is a medium to large tree 20-30 m tall with a striking appearance, both in leaf and in bloom.

The leaves are evergreen, simple and broadly ovate, 12-20 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, with smooth margins. They are dark green, stiff and leathery, and often scurfy underneath with yellow-brown pubescence. They will bronze, blotch, and burn in severe winters at the northern limits of cultivation, but most still cling until they are replaced by new foliage in the spring. In climates where the ground freezes, winter sun appears to do more damage than the cold itself. In the northern hemisphere the south side of the tree will experience more leaf damage than the north side of the tree. Two extremes are known, with leaves white underneath and with leaves brown underneath. The brown varieties are claimed to be more cold-hardy than the white varieties, but this does not appear to be proven as yet.

The large, showy, citronella-scented flowers are white, up to 30 cm across and fragrant, with 6-12 petals with a waxy texture, emerging from the tips of twigs on mature trees in late spring.

A visit in the Cypress Gardens #2

Azaleas reflecting in the water pond

Magnolia bud close up

Nice afternoon light on Azaleas

White Azaleas - my favorites

Red Azaleas and Spanish Moss

Flower Power everywhere

As I told you yesterday already, I have a lot more photos to come - and not only flowers, so stay tuned again. Oh,btw.... nice to see you back! :-)

Spring Flowers

I can't get enough to see from all these wonderful blooming trees and Magnolias!

Flowers, Everywhere You Go

Wonderful red Camellias are blooming

Flowers high up as a window decorations

Or, flower between the fences

and flowers along the boardwalk

Flowers in the park

A colorful Contrast

We have strong and cool north winds just now over the island, long jeans and warmer shirts and even warm jackets in the evening is what we are wearing now in paradise - and we are so not used too. :-))

I made these photos from my again and again blooming orchid outside in the yard. I think it makes a nice and colorful contrast to the COLD days that we have since yesterday.

I got this plant from my daughter Jeannine in 2005 as a good bye gift on her last day vacation here before she had to fly back to Switzerland. Since then the plant is enjoying me with sweet memories with my daughter - I miss her so much...

Water Lilies

I love water lilies with their graceful blossoms in a nice color harmony with the leafs and the water.

There is always a new hope....

Nothing is lost for ever, nothings just ends! There is always a new hope, a new life is coming up, even the conditions of surviving are not the best some times! I'm glad to see this new bud on my dried out tree!

Sad Flowers

My Oleander tree is drying out. All the beautiful flowers are gone and what left looks very sad. It's to dry just now - we need the rain!

Spring is here....

The flowers are budding, spring is here!

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