Sunday, May 10, 2020

Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)


Sweetbay magnolia flowers are smaller, and therefore less visible, than the flowers of Magnolia grandiflora. You probably won't be able to see the flowers from a distance, but the sweetbay trees in the arboretum tend to produce an abundance of charming flowers.
Like M. grandiflora, M. virginiana flowers during the month of May in northwest Louisiana.