Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in June 2017 – Magnolias

My last blog post about our visit to Kenilworth Gardens last week is about magnolia flowers – specifically flowers from the Southern Magnolia growing near the path back to the parking lot from the demonstration gardens. I enjoy photographing this tree because it has so many flowers that are easily viewed from ground level. I like to photograph flowers in various stages of development.

Sometimes even when the flower is brown – the curves are dramatic. This one is almost symmetrical and is probably my favorite of this grouping.

 Sometimes the center is just peeking through the white petals. Sometimes the spent parts of the flower accumulate in the curved petals. It’s surprising how read the base of ovary looks in the flowers.

The seed pod that is forming can do the same thing although the petals are mostly gone (the hood is a petal) and the leaves are the veil for the pod.

Previous posts about this visit: insects, water lilies, birds, lotus and turtles.