[Magdalen] Spring has sprung?

[Jay Weigel]

We're waiting anxiously for the redbuds here, and my thinking is that, with
the weird winter we had, redbud and dogwood will most likely bloom at the
same time this year. I hope we won't get a freaky late frost to nip them!

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> I'm seeing various pictures mostly taken on the While House lawns
> in connection with the new candidate for USSC justice, Merrick  Garland.
> There appear to be strongly budding trees and shrubs, and just now
> the unmistakable blossoms of an Asian Magnolia, probably a  Saucer
> Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana).
>
> It always amazes me how much further along the spring (almost) season
> is in Washington, DC than it is here in NE Pennsylvania.  Washington  is
> about a 4 hour drive, but it is, significantly, all straight south.   Then
> there
> is the higher PA elevation factor.  In any case, my Asian magnolias  will
> not be blooming for another 3-4 weeks, unless there is some freaky
> warm weather ahead.  Though snow is predicted over this coming  weekend,
> the winter has been remarkable mild here.  Some of the coldest and
> snowiest
> weather on record for this region has been during the next couple of
> weeks.
>
> Spring blooming Asian magnolias are a reason for me to remain in PA
> in retirement.  They are, for example, not hardy in the Upper  Midwest
> of my youth, and the magnolias as a group are ravishingly beautiful.
>
> Think spring!
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>