Twin Oaks in June
We planted these two magnolias in our front yard many years ago. They are separated by a maple that we also planted, some time later. They offered many fragrant blossoms beginning in late May and lasting all the way through June. We have planted four magnolias on our property through the years. The first one was in the back of the house. My mother gave it to us. It was small, maybe two feet high when I dig a hole and planted it. I kept it watered it its budding years with a five-gallon drip bucket. Years later we planted three magnolias in our front yard down by the road. Two of them have really thrived and are now close to twenty feet tall. The third one was planted nearby, all were planted on the same day. They form a triangular relationship. But the third one has grown poorly, though it is healthy for its size. The soil is just poorer in that spot of ground. Nevertheless, the magnolias started putting out their gigantic sweet blooms at the end of May and they