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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere were no Magnolias in New York this year.
At least not in Queens.
The Spring Blossoms always arrive in this order; the yellow Forsythia flowers, then the Magnolias come in, sometimes overnight, and last for a week or ten days. Then we get the Cherries, which will come in at different stages over a month or so. Then the Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Followed by the Hydrangeas.
But this year we have gotten the Forsythias and Cherries together, and no Magnolias. I have seen some of the Magnolias in my neighborhood with small dead buds. My guess, they started blooming early and then we got a blast of frigid, freezing weather that killed the buds. I hope the trees survive. The bursting of the Spring Magnolias is a great sight.
So the Forsythias are late, the Cherries early, and the Magnolias DOA.
Global Climate Change is doing it's damage.
Ocelot II
(115,783 posts)Except mud. I gotcher mud right here.
Sanity Claws
(21,850 posts)where I live. Just wait a little while before giving up on the magnolias.
edhopper
(33,597 posts)but we'll see.
Sanity Claws
(21,850 posts)The NYBG website says magnolias are only 20% on the way to peak bloom. https://www.nybg.org/spring-bloom-trackers/
If you like magnolias, you can see some great specimens at both the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
edhopper
(33,597 posts)every year for the Cherries. Often there are still Magnolias around.
Boomerproud
(7,961 posts)makes me very happy. I have a tree right outside my bedroom window.
edhopper
(33,597 posts)It's been unusually cold the last 2 weeks though. I'm waiting for spring to finally get here and stay.
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Here in western Pennsylvania, magnolias usually manage to at least bloom before the blossoms freeze. This year the buds caught a hard freeze and fell off.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)Dogwoods are just beginning, as is wisteria.
llmart
(15,545 posts)Generally, the magnolias I see in Michigan are the deciduous saucer magnolias. The ones I had in my yard in North Carolina and that I saw everywhere in the south were evergreen.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)I'm originally from Connecticut and we had a tree that my father called a magnolia. It was pink and I've since learned it was a Japanese plum tree.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)At least they are here in the Midlands. Those are the ones with the pink flowers that look a bit like tulips. They have much smaller leaves than the southern magnolias.
MissB
(15,811 posts)I have sunflowers popping up.
Apparently we are getting 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow morning. Unusual April snow for Portland.