Magnolias Flower in the Botanical Garden Again

A second bloom in the late summer is still not quite common for representatives of this genus in our climatic zone, but happens if the weather is favourable.

Svetlana Yakovleva, Head of the Botanical Garden Laboratory:
Magnolia liliiflora hybrids are blooming: their buds have the darkest purplish-red colour among other magnolia species. The wine-purple flowers first hold upright, then open and expose an inner side of a lighter shade. Magnolia liliiflora flowers appear before the leaves, like most magnolias, in April and May. The newly blossomed buds are shaped like a wineglass, but in a few days they will open and resemble an open palm. The blooming is not as abundant as in spring, but nevertheless, you can admire individual magnolia blossoms in our magnolia alley. In the flower meadow, coneflowers, spider flowers, sunflowers, lilies and fragrant phlox are blooming.

Svetlana Yakovleva, Head of the Botanical Garden Laboratory:

Magnolia liliiflora hybrids are blooming: their buds have the darkest purplish-red colour among other magnolia species. The wine-purple flowers first hold upright, then open and expose an inner side of a lighter shade. Magnolia liliiflora flowers appear before the leaves, like most magnolias, in April and May. The newly blossomed buds are shaped like a wineglass, but in a few days they will open and resemble an open palm.

The blooming is not as abundant as in spring, but nevertheless, you can admire individual magnolia blossoms in our magnolia alley. In the flower meadow, coneflowers, spider flowers, sunflowers, lilies and fragrant phlox are blooming.

Visit the Botanical Garden and see the flowering plants any day of the week from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. at 12 Lesnaya Street, Kaliningrad.