This magnolia is at the edge of my lot; the backdrop is my neighbors'. My lawn is nowhere as green. The yellow bush in the background is Forsythia. It grows rapidly and requires frequent pruning and so I don't have any. It, like the magnolia, flowers for a couple of weeks in the spring.
![20130411-_MG_7417](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8257/8642216682_7ebe6fe720_o.jpg)
![20130411-_MG_7417](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8257/8642216682_7ebe6fe720_o.jpg)