There were no Magnolias in New York this year.

[edhopper]

At least not in Queens.
The Spring Blossoms always arrive in this order; the yellow Forsythia flowers, then the Magnolias come in, sometimes overnight, and last for a week or ten days. Then we get the Cherries, which will come in at different stages over a month or so. Then the Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Followed by the Hydrangeas.

But this year we have gotten the Forsythias and Cherries together, and no Magnolias. I have seen some of the Magnolias in my neighborhood with small dead buds. My guess, they started blooming early and then we got a blast of frigid, freezing weather that killed the buds. I hope the trees survive. The bursting of the Spring Magnolias is a great sight.
So the Forsythias are late, the Cherries early, and the Magnolias DOA.
Global Climate Change is doing it's damage.

[Ocelot II]

1. Magnolias? There's no *anything* in Minnesota this year.

Except mud. I gotcher mud right here.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Some star magnolias have started to blossom in the Bronx

where I live. Just wait a little while before giving up on the magnolias.

[edhopper]

3. Feels too late

but we'll see.

[Sanity Claws]

8. NYBG on magnolias now

The NYBG website says magnolias are only 20% on the way to peak bloom. https://www.nybg.org/spring-bloom-trackers/

If you like magnolias, you can see some great specimens at both the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

[edhopper]

10. I try to get to the BBG

every year for the Cherries. Often there are still Magnolias around.

[Boomerproud]

4. Seeing the beautiful magnolia trees bloom in the spring

makes me very happy. I have a tree right outside my bedroom window.

[edhopper]

5. Where do you live?

[Boomerproud]

11. Ohio

It's been unusually cold the last 2 weeks though. I'm waiting for spring to finally get here and stay.

[edhopper]

14. Oh

O

[spinbaby]

6. Same here

Here in western Pennsylvania, magnolias usually manage to at least bloom before the blossoms freeze. This year the buds caught a hard freeze and fell off.

[kskiska]

7. I'm in South Carolina and magnolias aren't blooming yet.

Dogwoods are just beginning, as is wisteria.

[llmart]

12. I believe the magnolias of the Carolinas are a different type of magnolia then we have up North.

Generally, the magnolias I see in Michigan are the deciduous saucer magnolias. The ones I had in my yard in North Carolina and that I saw everywhere in the south were evergreen.

[kskiska]

15. That would explain it.

I'm originally from Connecticut and we had a tree that my father called a magnolia. It was pink and I've since learned it was a Japanese plum tree.

[GoCubsGo]

13. The saucer magnolias are finishing their blooms.

At least they are here in the Midlands. Those are the ones with the pink flowers that look a bit like tulips. They have much smaller leaves than the southern magnolias.

[MissB]

9. My plum tree and cherry bushes are in full bloom.

I have sunflowers popping up.

Apparently we are getting 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow morning. Unusual April snow for Portland.