Pacific Northwest Gardening: Some Interesting Stuff on the way to the Magnolias, 1 by growin

growin wrote:
katie59, I think the best thing to do in deciding which Magnolia is - what size do you want? Some get huge. Washington Park Arboretum has a wonderful collection. I still have a ways to go in getting to the street tree Magnolias but I just processed the UBC Botanical Garden Magnolias. If you want I can add some here, otherwise they are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/growin/

mauryhillfarm - it was a wonderful day even if you were driving around delivering drums. I hope your son did well at the audition. I also like the Magnolia stellatas but, in particular, I like M. 'Leonard Messel' which doesn't get too big, has the stellata-like blooms in pink and is a bit more upright than stellata. It just seems quite accommodating in a typical residential lot-sized garden like stellata. You're right on those crocus. It's like they exactly spaced them out on planting - doesn't look natural but I guess they will multiply.

Here's a street with smaller magnolias that are supposedly M. 'Merrill' but I think they are actually M. 'Leonard Messel'. Improves the appearance of the neighbourhood.

This message was edited Mar 7, 2010 12:42 AM