fidobsa

For the last couple of weeks I've been seeing some trees with very attractive blossom and I would like to identify them so I can hopefully buy one. I've been very busy lately but took the time today to take a photo, before it's too late. It is past its best but hopefully someone will be able to identify it. I wondered if it's some kind of magnolia?

Rural Hungary

Can't see the flowers clearly but it looks like a Magnolia.

fidobsa

Thanks RH. I also asked on Facebook and it seems my sister-in-law has one. She did not know the variety but the nearest I can find is a black tulip magnolia from New Zealand:

http://www.tesselaar.com/plants/jury...s/black-tulip/

Evie2

Hi, Going by the length of the blooms and what seems to be a lighter `inner` colour.....I think it could be a Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x Soulangiana). We had one in UK. Regardless of what this one actually is, I think all Magnolias are lovely, and there is an extensive colour range too....However, some can grow to around 25 ft, so be careful where you plant !!

Rural Hungary

Could be one of these:

http://www.treemail.hu/index.php?lap...rickii96583747

http://www.treemail.hu/index.php?lap...a_jane54181991

fidobsa

I took a closer photo of similar trees in the nearby town of Csurgo. They have some outside their municipality building so they might know the variety name there.

ANGEL OF THE NORTH

It is a soulangiana (Susan). We have just lost a magnificant one because we moved it! I could cry we had it from being a baby!

Rural Hungary

Hi Angel of the North, I have sent you a PM - which you should be able to receive once you have made another post.

Rural Hungary

Are the flowers in the second photo a different colour from the first?

Think Evie hit the nail on the head
though it could also be a hybrid
Whichever it is, it is very pretty.

I managed to track down my Philadelphus online and have three arriving next week - can't wait. Hoping they flower this year as the smell is unbelievably gorgeous.

Evie2

The more you look....the more you see..... www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_liliiflora A lovely time of year to see everything coming to life in the garden.

fidobsa

Yes they are paler but they were identical when I first saw them on Easter Sunday. They must fade and open up to reveal a paler interior.
I have to collect my next Workaway guest from Budapest on May 1st so I will try to find tree nurseries over there, although Autumn is probably a better time for planting trees.