Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) blossoms open

            Magnolias are both temperate and tropical, evergreen and deciduous. They characteristically have showy, fragrant flowers that are white, pink, purple, green, or yellow. The flowers are followed by showy red or pink fruits displaying red, orange, or pink seeds, each of which hangs from the fruit by a thread-like strand.
   

Taken on: May 7, 2007

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flower photography by Melissa Goodman

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flowers are an everlasting source of pleasure and beauty

Southern Magnolias

Grandiflora

purest white petals with a yellow heart

beautiful

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Atlanta, Georgia

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white blossoms

Magnolia is an ancient genus. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles

Magnolia grandiflora is the official state flower of both Mississippi and Louisiana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern magnolia or bull bay, is a magnolia native to the southeastern United States

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large, showy, citronella-scented flowers are white ... 6-12 petals

Magnolia grandiflora

commonly known as the Southern magnolia or bull bay

a tree of the family Magnoliaceae

a large striking evergreen tree with large dark green leaves

large white fragrant flowers

large, showy, citronella-scented flowers are white

Flowering is followed by the rose-coloured fruit

Magnolia grandiflora was one of the many species first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae

native to the southeastern United States

a very popular ornamental tree

Magnolia grandiflora is the state tree of Mississippi and the state flower of Mississippi and Louisiana

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