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MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIAS, named after the French botanist Pierre Magnol, are an ancient genus and it is thought that pollination was by beetles as the trees appeared before bees. Fossilised remains from the family are 95 million years old.
The main centre of distribution is eastern and southeastern Asia with a secondary centre in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
LARGE and SPECIMEN sized magnolias are almost all grafted plants. Many are also very rare.
LARGE plants are 2-3 year old grafts and SPECIMEN plants 3-5 year old grafts.
Different Magnolia varieties grow at very different speeds and therefore the size of a LARGE or a SPECIMEN plant and the exact pot size it is delivered in can vary markedly for plants of identical age and also on time of year, since Magnolias can grow very quickly.
Many more magnolia pictures can be found on the Caerhays Website and The Garden Diary.
Buy Varieties of MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIA 'Ruth'
large cup-shaped purple flowers
MAGNOLIA salicifolia
leaves and bark are lemon-scented. Smallish white flowers in April
MAGNOLIA salicifolia 'Rosea'
delicate pink tinge to flowers especially in bud
MAGNOLIA sapaensis
white scented flowers with a red centre.
MAGNOLIA sargentiana var robusta
pale pink, immense flowers
MAGNOLIA sargentiana var robusta 'Blood Moon'
large deep rose-pink flowers
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
MAGNOLIA 'Shirazz'
a new introduction with spectacular large rich burgundy-red tulip shaped blooms which open out flat
MAGNOLIA 'Shirley’s Perfume'
pale pink, scented.
MAGNOLIA sieboldii
fragrant white flowers with purple centres
MAGNOLIA 'Sir Harold Hillier'
a beautiful hybrid with huge pure white flowers. The original tree grows at Chyverton Gardens in Cornwall
MAGNOLIA 'Snow Goose'
almost pure white with a small hint of pink
MAGNOLIA 'Solar Flair'
upright deep yellow flowers tinged light rose at the base
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana
pale to deep pink goblet-shaped flowers
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Alba Superba'
pure white form