Magnolias Black Tulip and Felix Jury on a blue sky spring morning in Taranaki, Monday August 23, 2010
We tend to take our blue as blue skies for granted here, especially in mid winter or early spring as it is now. New Zealanders also tend to take red magnolias for granted, not realising that the sheer intensity of colour we can get here is unsurpassed elsewhere and that most of the breeding of red magnolias has taken place in this country – in fact much of the work was done in this very garden here – Jury Magnolias charts the journey.
Filed under: Tikorangi notes Tagged: Black Tulip, Jury magnolias, Magnolia Felix Jury, New Zealand magnolias, red flowered magnolias, red magnolias, Tikorangi: The Jury garden
