Article: Early bloomer.(February In the West)(saucer magnolia)(Brief article)

Spring can't come too soon for a saucer magnolia. When most flowering trees are still drowsy with dormancy, Magnolia x soulangeana is dressed and ready to go. In the West's mildest climates, the transformation starts in January (later in colder regions), when dozens of tulip-shaped pastel flowers unfurl on gray branches. The effect is breathtaking, like doves preening inside a tracery of delicate limbs.

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