A little bit of sun. This is the moment to look for the magnolia buds. All these foggy and rainy days are immediately forgotten, when you see these promising buds. Not only the early flowering Magnolia zenii and biondii but almost all spring flowering magnolias (Athene, Big Dude, Cathryn, Diva, Eric Savill, Full Eclipse, Galaxy, Hawk, Ian’s Red, Jade Lamp, Kronos, Livingstone, Milky Way, Norman Gould, Old Port, Pickard’s Opal, Rose Marie, Sunsation, Tikitere, Ula, Vairano, Werrington, Yellow Lantern, Antje Zandee) let us dream of what will be in one or two months time.
Magnolia zenii 
Magnolia ‚Athene‘
But even in december and january our Urzeitwald is full of little flowering gems. Next time I will show you some Hamamelis, Lonicera, Sarcococca, Chionanthus and others.