Most Magnolias bloom for a relatively short time: a week and a half and it's already over. They often bloom so early that a cold night can have disastrous consequences for the frilly flowers. As soon as these encounter just a little forst, the once spotless petals are scarred by brown edges. Another year of patience is required for the chance of pointy flowers. Nevertheless, these shrubs and small trees enjoy great popularity: the beauty is so great that people take these disadvantages for granted.

Where does the magnolia come from, the different varieties and many more facts about the Magnolia you can read in the Magazine the Garden in four Seasons.

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Looking intensively at gardens also sharpens one's outlook. The more you read about well-designed gardens and the closer you look at the illustrations accompanying such articles, the more easily you recognize the qualities in gardens you visit, and in your own. Last winter, like us, you hopefully enjoyed the silhouettes of old (fruit) trees again, and frosted, well-designed gardens with strong structure. We do not long for that: now we love to see the buds bursting open, the bulbous flowers opening one by one, the haze of tender green over the branches. We listen to the birds making themselves heard en masse at dawn. In winter it was easy to focus the gaze, now there is more to see every day. Soak up the colors and shapes of all the beauty presented to us by growers, markets and fellow gardeners to enjoy even more intensely.

Contents Spring issue the Garden in Four Seasons

Perennial
Hypoxis and Rhodohypoxis are colorful stars that color plains in South Africa, but can also shine in your garden.

Perennial
Of the thirty or so species of European primula, quite a few are suitable for the garden, or parents of a successful cultivar.

Amstelveen botanical parks
This year marks 75 years since a particularly successful experiment with wild plants began in Amstelveen.

Shrub and tree
The jagged winter branches with defiantly thick buds had us longing for Magnolias for months. They are here!

Historic fruit trees
Such a characteristic old fruit tree in your garden - a dream achievable. Douwe Dokter collects and cares for them.

Climbing plant
There is much variation in the genus Clematis: in flower shape, flowering time, color and fruit. Before you know it, you'll be hooked.

Garden design
The award-winning garden designed by André Goemaere looks sleek but has something to offer the eye year-round.

Gardener
Mathijs Wolfs created a floral perennial garden with respect for the old and sleek, new elements.

Seeding
Today we see more and more wildflower meadows. At your place it is possible too; Cruydt-Hoeck supplies the seeds.

Nursery
Blissful enjoyment in a little paradise built with hard work: The Little Plantation in Eenrum.

Nursery
Morning Glory Nursery specialized in annuals and hanging baskets. The new owners retain the good.

Visiting Garden
Bert Vermeijden looked at the "lasagna planting" at Keukenhof. There is much to enjoy here for enthusiasts and professionals alike.

Private garden
A garden of several acres in size is a pleasant place to stay thanks in part to careful construction of paths.

Agenda
Outside, outside! Feed your nose, ears and eyes, fill your head with ideas and your basket with plants.