Good Friday and no work. No need to get up early. So why did I wake at 6:30 and find it impossible to get back to sleep? Typical.
Anyhoo because of the early morning and the lack of anyone else being up I had an hour of two of solitude and saw the sun side-lighting the magnolia against the backdrop of new silver birch leaves which was something special.
I nipped out in my slippers to snap it and noticed a few degrees of frost… the top of my car was white, across the driveway. However the magnolia seems to have been spared, perhaps in part due to the place I planted it, fairly close to the house, in the more sheltered front garden, rather than in the wind exposed back garden. I noticed several creamy white magnolias with browned flowers as we travelled about the county today.
The early promise of a beautiful day faded to grey skies and a cold wind. Who knows what tomorrow brings?
Boadicea's Chariot 
The magnolia around here are not looking good either, sad really.
Enjoying your video clip. 🙂
this one is a darker version and usually comes out a few weeks after the paler ones: I chose it in order to have one that came out a little later… and to therefor have less chance of frosting, but this year it was only a few days behind the others!
I think everything is peaky too early this year, Nym.
Oops, peaking!
Some of them do look peaky!
🙂
Yes, a few of our perennials were fooled by the march sunshine, only to be nipped in the bud by the latest frosts. When will they ever learn…….? tum-te-tum….