The Magnolias are blooming

And there are so many different kinds! These are the lovely large spring blooms from the Magnolia I'm the most familiar with, which happens to be a hybrid.

Magnolia × soulangeana (saucer magnolia) 

These are the white blooms from at white variety of magnolia

Magnolia  × loebneri ‘Merrill’ (Loebner magnolia)