Calling All Junior Arborists

[princessalethea]

I was going through some old pics to post on my shiny new Facebook Fan Page, and I came across this one. It’s from the tree at Gypsy‘s house, located roughly halfway between Awesome Porch and Awesome Garage, and I love it. Its flowers look and feel like magnolia flowers (apart from being pink), but the leaves are soft and not waxy at all.

What is

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[reddiana]

It looks like a Japanese Magnolia

[princessalethea]

Twitter folks and I Sherlock Holmesed it: we believe it's a Saucer Magnolia (http://tinyurl.com/ygzm5sd) which is a hybrid tree. It makes sense...