Go for your dreams?

I've always believed that a Magnolia was essential to a home, ever since I marvelled at the beautiful specimen in my grandmother's garden. But with my small garden I never thought this was an option. Since I started re-considering my front garden post tree, I've realised how much space I have.
So today I took the plunge and browsed the magnolias in the garden centre, ready to commit. In my mind's eye I saw a white flowering variety, tipped with pink but too my surprise I took the plunge for a yellow flowered variety - Yellow Birds.

The electricity box and the concrete slabs slightly detract from her beauty but I'm incredibly taken with her (definitely female). So much so that I almost dropped a kiss on her on the way past. Anyway, time yet to fathom the challenges of restricting the her growth to a reasonable amount when she hates being pruned!