Beautiful flowers, including a magnolia tree, in Bruce, Canberra

Beautiful flowers, including a magnolia tree, in Bruce, Canberra in September 2015

Magnolia flowers in Orange, NSW

Magnolia flowers in Orange, NSW in September 2016

A beautiful magnolia tree in bloom in Orange, NSW

A beautiful magnolia tree in bloom in Orange, NSW in September 2016

Sign showing the best time to see camellias and magnolias at the Ritsurin Gardens, at Takamatsu, Japan

Sign showing the best time to see camellias and magnolias at the Ritsurin Gardens, at Takamatsu, Japan, in March 2015

Pretty Magnolia tree

A Magnolia tree at Bondi, Sydney, in August 2009. One of my favourite trees

Garden magnolia

Magnolia flower in a garden in Glen Huntly, Melbourne in September 2010

Beautiful magnolia

Magnolia flowers in Commonwealth Park, Canberra during the Floriade flower festival in September 2010

My favourite flower

Magnolias have got to be my favourite flower. This one was taken in Maquarie, Canberra, in September 2007