Fenny Drayton

[poliphilo]

We left the battlefield, heading west. The village of Fenny Drayton has no connection (that I know of) with the Wars of the Roses, but we made a detour because the name is so pretty and the sun was shining. We weren't disappointed.

Ah, the magnolia tree! 

And the local sandstone! Some of it pink , some of it green...

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[intotheraw.livejournal.com]

The magnolias here (I am in Iowa, in the middle of America) look similar to the one in the photograph, though they are a bit more pink in color. Down south (remember the film Steel Magnolias?) they range in size and color, with flower blossoms as large as my head, and colors so deep and richly pink that the white edging is almost lost.

I am trying to put a magnolia in my front garden.

These photos are lovely.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, it's probably because of that movie that I associate magnolias with the south.

It's a wonder they grow so well here- in our mild, rainy climate.