There are magnolia trees all over our town. This one is one of the many that lines Main Street through old Jonesboro (now part of Sanford, NC). Many of the magnolias are huge. Until this winter, I had no idea that Magnolia trees didn't lose their big, waxy leaves, but keep them like an evergreen. For today's word, green.
The light through the leaves is beautiful. (I think some magnolias are evergreen and some deciduous like our neighbour's which will soon have pink flowers appear before the leaves.)
@tremerryn Thanks! I have not seen them bloom yet. I can't wait. @quietpurplehaze Well, that explains it. I wondered why the trees we used to call a magnolia lost it's leaves. The magnolias here in NC seem to mostly be the evergreen type. The leaves are very strange and waxy.
@quietpurplehaze Oh, thanks for the info. One of the problems with moving around so much is that you have re-learn everything you thought you knew! LOL!
@olivetreeann The magnolia trees and the pine trees are the only thing green here. Everything else is brown. @bizziebeeme@mittens@taffy@skippysue@sangwann Thanks! @jennywren Well, it doesn't really get that cold here. It barely got below freezing a few times. Most of the winter was quite mild. @francoise A touch of spring in the middle of winter! LOL! Course, the day I took this picture, it was in the mid-70s. @genesis_one As I was standing under this tree, I wondered just how old it really was because they line a narrow road through a very old section of town.
@quietpurplehaze It's been quite a culture shock moving from the Midwest to New England to the South. @jaynspain Thanks! @shesnapped There were some laying on the ground, but I thought they were from the high winds the other day.
March 10th, 2015
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@quietpurplehaze Well, that explains it. I wondered why the trees we used to call a magnolia lost it's leaves. The magnolias here in NC seem to mostly be the evergreen type. The leaves are very strange and waxy.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/deciduous-vs-evergreen-magnolias-27694.html
@bizziebeeme @mittens @taffy @skippysue @sangwann Thanks!
@jennywren Well, it doesn't really get that cold here. It barely got below freezing a few times. Most of the winter was quite mild.
@francoise A touch of spring in the middle of winter! LOL! Course, the day I took this picture, it was in the mid-70s.
@genesis_one As I was standing under this tree, I wondered just how old it really was because they line a narrow road through a very old section of town.
Lisa, I'm sure it broadens the mind!!!
@jaynspain Thanks!
@shesnapped There were some laying on the ground, but I thought they were from the high winds the other day.