The Scent of Summer: Magnolia Flowers

I first came to admire magnolia trees and their velvety blooms when I lived in Nashville.  The trees were abundant in the area, tall and full with branches that reached the ground.  In May, those branches were heavy with the luscious scent of the blousy magnolia flowers that perfumed the month of May.  I could walk right up to the trees and breathe in the scent.  Here in the North, magnolia trees blooms later, from June into July.  Most people trim the lower branches of the trees and so the blooms are high above.  They are still fragrant and beautiful, though not quite the magnolias that I grew to love.  But in Colonial Park, there are two grand magnolias with branches that sweep the ground. 

The flowers abundant, with many at face-level and there are so many that the scent fills the air around them.  

It’s lovely, an unearned treat of the Summer.