Magnolia x soulangiana, First painting from The Elizabethan Gardens Linda C. Miller

Here is my first painting  from

The Elizabethan Gardens

"Keep Your Heart Open"

Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia x soulangiana

Watercolor on paper

Specimen:  The Elizabethan Gardens

Size: 22 inches wide by 17 inches high

Copyright Linda C. Miller, 2011
$725 
Custom framing with archival mats and conservation glass

Available at the Gatehouse Gift Shop

The Elizabethan Gardens

1411 National Park Drive
Manteo, North Carolina
Please call 252.473.3234

The tree on The Elizabethan Gardens' property is one of the largest, mature Saucer Magnolia trees that I have ever seen.  I have a tree on my property where the branches are herbaceous and only as round as my pinkie finger, if that.  Their inside petal colors are always white and succulent.  The outer petals range from the brightest, deepest raspberry red to a soft, yet vibrant violet.  This year's blooms were violet.

This painting shows the spring buds and blooms in their various stages!  I just love the branches too - the new herb growth and the last season's wood are so textural and make these unusual turns on this mature specimen.  The new branches have all these wonderful small fuzzy buds where the leaves sprout out after their flowers are pollinated.  What a gift!  Please keep in mind that it takes tremendous "energy" and "resources" for this tree and any plant to produce their flowers.

Signed prints and giclees will be available at The Elizabethan Gardens' Gatehouse Gift Shop after February 9 as well as at my local galleries.   For those who live afar - at my new online store

The Botanical Art Store

Happy Painting, Linda

Linda C. Miller
Artist~Naturalist~Instructor
www.lindacmillerbotanicalarttoday.com