Specimen plants

Flowers greenish-blue and yellow in summer and also often in early autumn

Spectacular blue buds turn dark yellow as they open. This is a unique colour in the magnolia world

Soft canary-yellow blooms which open as the leaf appears in spring. Its neat pyramidal habit and restricted overall size makes it very suitable for suburban gardens

A hybrid bred by Vance Hooper in New Zealand. Clear lilac-purple goblet-shaped blooms on this hybrid between M. soulangeana 'Burgundy' and M. 'Vulcan'

Jury hybrid with white flowers shading to pink at the base

Jury hybrid with soft pink petals which are white inside. A sister seedling to Iolanthe

Probably the nearest to a black magnolia flower that you will ever see. Quite extraordinary. Slow growing but very floriferous

Flowers are an unusual combination of yellow, green and purple

Introduced at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in 1967 as a hybrid between M. acuminata and M. x brooklynensis. Flowers are yellow with a slight greenish tinge

A hybrid between M.acuminata and M.denudata with rich yellow flowers and red stamens

A hybrid raised at Caerhays Castle with huge saucer-shaped salmon-pink flowers

A hybrid between M. mollicomata and M. liliiflora 'Nigra' which flowers at a young age and is suitable for smaller gardens. The flowers open a dark purplish-red and fade to mauvish-purple

Rose-purple flowers on the outside and white with a marginal pink flush on the inside

Large flowers red-purple on the outside and cream inside.

Gresham hybrid with large white cup-shaped flowers which have a slight pink flush at the base

Unusual fragrant light rose-pink flowers. M. xbrooklynensis 'Woodsman' was the seed parent in a cross with M. 'Tina Durio'. Highly recommended

Scented pure white cup-shaped flowers

Soft rose-pink blooms with no trace of purple

Flowers two or three weeks later than the typical species with simple ivory white flowers

Cup-shaped clear primrose-yellow flowers before and with the new leaves

Rosy purple flowers early in the season

This is the best new magnolia introduction from the point of view of colour to be seen in the UK for many years. Bred by Vance Hooper in New Zealand this soulangeana hybrid flowers very young and appears not to grow too big. The flowers are even darker than M.'Black Tulip' in bud and open an exquisite dark burgundy-red which they retain until they drop

A vigorous stellata hybrid which has attractive soft yellow buds and stellata-shaped flowers which fade to creamy-white. Very hardy

Upright habit, dark green leaves with rich coppery indumentum on the undersides

Leaves reddish brown underneath, very hardy. Very large creamy white flowers

Jury hybrid with large cup-shaped rose-pink flowers which are white inside

A Caerhays hybrid between sprengeri 'Diva' and sargentiana robusta with a most striking and unusual deep red colour which appears on opening almost black from a distance. Flowers at a very young age and is an absolute must for any enthusiast

Large white fragrant flowers

Rose-red campbellii-type bowl-shaped blooms which appear freely at a young age. An exceptionally clear colour

White flowers with a touch of pink at the base