Magnolia

I doubt we have the *latest* magnolia blooms in the Northern

Hemisphere, but we certainly have them later than most places. The

very small number of magnolia trees that I know of in this city, about

a half dozen, have been blooming over the past couple of weeks. This

is one in a city park in my neighbourhood. The blooms have almost

completely dropped now, but this afternoon, 18 June, there were still

a few dozen blooms to be seen on the tree. And lots of petals on the

ground below.