Magnolias and Daffodils in Pennsylvania

A plant lover rediscovers gardening

Sandra Hung , in West Chester , Pennsylvania , sent in today ’s pic .

I have determine about gardening since I was little , about four or five long time old , and have always enjoyed it .

I move to the United States in 2001 and never really catch the chance to do much gardening , since I have always subsist in townhomes and life has been in use . Last summer , though , during the pandemic , I pay more attention to our little plot . The constructor planted an evergreen plant tree that grew up to 20 feet and needed to be taken down last summertime . Now , I have a seam full of possibilities . I am an esurient fowl watchman and love bringing in clean prime from my garden . I am experimenting with dissimilar perennials this year to see what works well with our climate , sun location , and stain , and what plant grow well with each other and what plants come up first during each season . I would make out to have a minor newspaper clipping garden and also make it apollinator garden .

I am also experiment with what crops I can grow other than my usualherbs , which I dry and apply a fortune for cooking . I am now enjoying ascertain about how to create asustainable gardeneven if it is just a few simple plants . I begin growing cum indoors as well and have brought some out in my diminished deck . It is satisfying to determine the little seedlings sprout and look on nature do its affair .

This is one of themagnoliasthat grow in my neighborhood(Magnolia stellata , Zones 4–8 ) .

This bud of a intercrossed magnolia(Magnoliahybrid , Zones 4–9 ) is just about to unfold .

A rich pink hybrid magnolia flush

The flower open more to show the paler inner petal .

In this opinion from above , the dark eye to the magnolia flower is visible .

These are somedaffodilsandtulipsthat flower early because I planted them in the fall and left them in the garage . I moved them outdoors after they blossom , and hopefully they will grow back stronger next year .

More of the daffodils forced into early bloom .

This photo of Narcissus pseudonarcissus shows some of the build ones that I had in my yard . I am now frantic to start collecting different types of Narcissus pseudonarcissus to have some variety when they uprise back next springtime .

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