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To: greeneyes
15.5 inches of rain in Memphis for February. The Japanese Royal Magnolia, Cherry, and pears are in bloom right now. The roses are flushed out now with new growth. Last year a late hard frost wiped out the pear crop. Keeping fingers crossed.

The pool water is a surprising 60 degrees.

5 posted on 03/02/2018 8:15:36 PM PST by blackdog
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To: blackdog

Your zone is ahead of us. We don’t really have any thing like that yet. We too have a lot of trouble getting fruit due to spring frosts, even when the tree is not too close to the walnut tree.


8 posted on 03/02/2018 8:21:46 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: blackdog

I was shocked to receive photos last week from South Carolina of my granddaughter and her date for her high school Military Ball. (She is Jr. NROTC.) She was chosen Queen (brag, brag), she was beautiful in a floor length purple gown, & her date was handsome in full military regalia. But the SHOCK was that they were posed in front of a BLOOMING deciduous magnolia! (lavender blooms, beautiful with the purple dress) I was SHOCKED because we still had several inches of snow in our yard and 2 foot banks piled up where it had been plowed around the driveway.

Second shock is that I did not realize that deciduous magnolias grew in the south. I thought that was a Wisconsin favorite, and ours won’t bloom until May. Spring IS on the way. I’m SO ready.


48 posted on 03/03/2018 5:03:32 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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