Woo-hoo, our Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata Magnoliaceae) is beginning to put on its 2008 show. It's one of those spring plants that has flowers before it has leaves. I've just learned it has tepals (which to me looks like a misspelling of petals). What's a tepal you ask. Here's the botanical answer: a tepal is a segment of the outer whorl in a flower that has no differentiation between the petals and sepals. Oh well.... And here's some info about its fantastic flowers:
- 3" to 4" across
- white to pink-tinged
- 12-18 tepals per flower
- each tepal is 1.5" to 2" long
- tepals are narrow and strap-like
- blossoms lightly fragrant
- very showy in bloom
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