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Magnolias - for larger gardens

These are our selection of the very best newer and more recently introduced Magnolia varieties as they grow in the garden here, they are best suited to the larger garden. They will all grow into medium or large trees eventually.

Caerhays Castle gardens has one of the National Collections of Magnolia - read more.

MAGNOLIA 'Apollo'

rich violet-purple flowers at first turning purple-rosy-violet later. Highly scented

Medium

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£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Black Tulip'

the darkest purple-red flowered magnolia before the arrival of M.'Genie'

Medium

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£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Brixton Belle'

campbellii type - this excellent hybrid flowers at a very young age. Large cup and saucer blooms, rich pink outside, and paler within

Medium

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£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'

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

Medium

£60.00 each

Specimen

£80.00 each

MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Betty Jessel'

one of the very best but still too little known hybrids with large deep crimson flowers opening late in the season

Medium

£60.00 each

Available late spring to early summer 2022
Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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MAGNOLIA 'Cleopatra'

similar in colour to M. 'Lanarth' this new New Zealand hybrid is a rich reddish purple with a metallic sheen

Medium

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£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Daphne'

in our opinion this is easily the best and darkest yellow yet to appear on the market. The flowers do come out with the leaves most years but this is genuinely a plant for the smaller garden. A triumph for Philippe de Spoelberch's magnolia breeding in Belgium.

Medium

Gift-wrapping available

£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Felix Jury'

this is a Jury hybrid between M. 'Vulcan' and a seedling of M. 'Iolanthe'. This impressive magnolia has white and port wine red flowers shaped like water lilies

Medium

Gift-wrapping available

£60.00 each

Large

£70.00 each

Specimen

£80.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'J.C. Williams'

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

Medium

Gift-wrapping available

£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Margaret Helen'

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

Medium

£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Old Port'

our vote as the best new magnolia to flower in 2011. Wine-purple petals on the outside, white inside. Grows to about 12 feet in New Zealand

Medium

Gift-wrapping available

£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Purple Sensation'

a new introduction with large cup-shaped blooms of glowing orchid purple. Mature height is only 8 metres. Similar in colour to M.Lanarth but bred by New Zealand breeder Ian Baldick

Medium

Gift-wrapping available

£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Serene'

a strangely underrated Jury hybrid with large bowl-shaped bright purplish pink flowers. One of the last tree magnolias to flower each spring

Medium

Gift-wrapping available

£60.00 each

MAGNOLIA 'Star Wars'

free-flowering form with star-shaped bright pink flowers. One of the most popular of the new crop of New Zealand hybrids which grows quickly and flowers at a young age

Small

£20.00 each

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Medium

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£60.00 each

Large

£65.00 each

Magnolias - for larger gardens

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