First Magnolias in Bloom in Boston Garden
Magnificent day. I took a stroll in the Boston Public Garden in the afternoon, and was pleasantly surprised to see two or three magnolias beginning to pop...
165 consecutive days since we last saw 70 degrees in Boston. I'm so happy I could weep.
Yes it was a spectacular day. I was at softball rehearsal last evening and it couldn't have been a more perfect evening for running around the diamond.
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uhm, a side call from the non-American bullpen: What is a softball rehearsal? The evening before softball and hardball get married and produce little t-balls? dragnight at the sportsbar?
ils sont fou, les americains.
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Henry - "softball rehearsal" is my attempt at gay humor. My team HATES IT when I call softball practice "rehearsal". They're all trying so hard to be "butch jocks" it just gets on my nerves - it's my way of poking them in the eye and telling them to get over themselves.
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Beautiful pics. I do declare I don't think we have any magnolias in this here neck a the woods.
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Um, is that truly a 'magnolia' tree, or more of a tulip tree or some other flowering tree?
To me, it doesn't look like the waxy, green-leafed, blossoms like saucers, magnolia trees down south that bloom like in May or June.
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Well, the genus Magnolia consists of over 200 species, cb! "Tulip trees" ( Liriodendron tulipifera Magnoliaceae) are in the Magnolia family. Next time I'm down at the Public Garden I'll check and see if there's a placard. They're actually all over Back Bay. it's really beautiful this time of year.
Magnolias are ancient trees. They evolved before bees! So part of what makes a magnolia a magnolia has to do with its method of pollination. It evolved to be pollinated by beetles. Which is why they have those great big magnificent carpels...
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