Thu Oct 3 19:57:18 CEST 2013
-3.3C in the morning
The first real morning frost in the garden (-1 C or -1.2 C are quite
OK). Most ginkgos skipped "yellow phase" and went down immediately.
Magnolias look quite ok. Felix is untouched, Summer Solstice has few brown leaves. Both M. sieboldii with brown leaves, the one in the windy position is almost completely without leaves now.
Grandiflora and Woodsman look untouched. The same applies to Crystal Tulip. Interesting. Some leaves have brown borders, but still look ok. M. acuminata subcordata has almost all leaves in dark brown, all are very firm though (not touched by the morning frost).
Big brown leaves from tripetala fallen down on the lawn look ghostly. Yellow Lantern going yellow/light brown slowly.
Young (it is quite big now though ;-) L. chinense going to brown slowly. It has very large leaves.
Magnolias look quite ok. Felix is untouched, Summer Solstice has few brown leaves. Both M. sieboldii with brown leaves, the one in the windy position is almost completely without leaves now.
Grandiflora and Woodsman look untouched. The same applies to Crystal Tulip. Interesting. Some leaves have brown borders, but still look ok. M. acuminata subcordata has almost all leaves in dark brown, all are very firm though (not touched by the morning frost).
Big brown leaves from tripetala fallen down on the lawn look ghostly. Yellow Lantern going yellow/light brown slowly.
Young (it is quite big now though ;-) L. chinense going to brown slowly. It has very large leaves.
Mon May 13 20:00:00 CEST 2013
Magnolia Summer Solstice flower buds
Magnolia Summer Solstice (I bought
it last
year) survived our winter (-22 C this year) with no damage and
shows three big flower buds.
The weather forecast predicts low temperatures for tomorrow morning, even near-surface freeze, so... Hopefully this will be the last cold spell in this wonderful "Magnolia" year.
The weather forecast predicts low temperatures for tomorrow morning, even near-surface freeze, so... Hopefully this will be the last cold spell in this wonderful "Magnolia" year.