Pink magnolia in Thompson’s Park
I recently visited my nearest green space in Cardiff, Thompson’s Park, to see how spring was coming along. The magnolia trees were in bloom, the grassy bank was full of daffodils and the parks people had planted primulas in the flower bed. Here are my snaps…
The pond
The statue Joyance by Sir William Goscombe John – a resin copy to deter scrap metal thieves
Most of the primulas were golden…
…but there were a few exceptions like this purple and white one…
…this scarlet one…
…and another purple example
The pink magnolia is by the duck pond
This is an old friend – the oak tree I followed in 2016
This is the 2016 round-up of the year of the oak…
Nearby the steps go up the grassy bank to the top field of the park
A host of golden daffodils
A fading hellebore
Lime green wild parsley leaves, spotted wild arum leaves and blue Chionodoxa
Red Chaenomeles, Japanese flowering quince
Fading camellia
And finally a white magnolia
The Squirrelbasket 
So beautiful,thanks for dose of Spring,I never heard of pink magnolia,do they smell like the white ones.
A lovely selection of photos, thanks for sharing. Magnolias are magnificent trees.
Juliet
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
Thanks for the kind words.
Although Magnolias tend to shrink into the background once the huge leaves come out…
Best wishes 🙂