Magnificent Magnolia

Since my camera is a small pathetic point and shoot, these pics do NOT do justice to the beauty that was our Magnolia Tree 2 weeks ago. 

I came home one day to see that a flower had opened on literally EVERY branch! It was STUNNING!!

 Look at that flower. Wow. 

The sun has scorched all of those blooms since then. We've gotten a sporadic one or two in the past week.  But I believe the magic of the Magnolia is over for the year.

We realized that our rose bushes and Lorepetelums (no clue how to spell that, only know how to say it), well they were overgrown and really encroaching the magnolia on the bottom half. So last weekend the hubby and I really trimmed back the bushes and gave the magnolia "room to breath."  Hoping that this encourages more growth and an even bigger display next year!