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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.
- Magnolia - A guide to sizing and pricing
- Magnolia - Care Guide
- Magnolia - Hybridisation
- Magnolia - Propagation
- Magnolia - Spotlight Videos
- Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 1) Collecting Seeds
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
- Trees - Care Guide
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DeciduousLeaves to 25cm (10in) long
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Height15m (50ft)
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Spread10m (33ft)
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Tree
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Hardy - average winterHardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F)
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Full sunShelter from strong winds.
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Partial shade
- Details
- Mature Size
- Tips and Advice
- Goes Well With
- Planting Combinations
- Other Suggestions
- See Also...
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Additional FeaturesBurncoose specialitySee Burncoose Speciality group for more detailsPests & DiseasesScale insects, honey fungus, coral spot.Place of originGarden origin. 1967. A Caerhays hybrid, Cornwall, UK.
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Burncoose SpecialitiesCaerhays bred plantsMagnolias - larger gardens
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Core PlantsMagnolia
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Flower ShapeCup-and-saucer-shaped
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HardinessFrost hardy (down to -5)
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Leaf marginEntire
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Leaf shapeElliptic
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Seasonal InterestSpringWinter
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-rich.Neutral to acid soil
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Tree ShapeBroadly conicalSpreading with age
- Cultivation of Magnolias
- Pruning Magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning shoots on grafted rootstock - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning small & large shoots below the graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning & Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Soil Conditions
- Planting Locations
- Planting a magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Secondary Flowering - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Scraping deadwood to see if alive - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pests and Diseases
- Magnolia Slug Protection - Short Video Tip ondemand_video
- Slug Protection - Longer Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Scale Insect on Magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Further Reading
- Planting Magnolia from Seeds
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia Seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Best yellow magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Atlas' x Magnolia 'Lanarth' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'
- M. campbellii in late January - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia campbellii 'Alba' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. campbellii alba 'Strybing White' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia globosa - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia insignis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Lanarth' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Lois', 'Peachy' & 'Limelight'
- M 'Lemon Star', 'Tranquility', 'Peach Brandy' & 'Banana Split' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'March till Frost', 'Star Wars', 'Yakeo', 'Cleopatra', 'Black Tulip' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Peachy' and 'Daybreak' Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Pink Flush' in June - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Tikitere' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Star Wars', doltsopa & veitchii - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. sieboldii, sieboldii sinensis, x wieseneri, 'Summer Solstice' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. sprengeri 'Diva' 'Burncoose'
- M. 'Altas', 'Raspberry Fun', 'Sunrise' & x veitchii - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'F.J. Williams' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia rostrata - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Tropicana' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Todd's Forty Niner' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Todd's Forty Niner' Late January - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Various Magnolias in early March - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Michelia foveolata - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Michelia macclurei - Video Tip ondemand_video
- 5 Michelias in April - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Woodsman' x 'Patriot' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Unnamed hybrids - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Allergic reactions and pollen
- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
- Plants producing little pollen - relatively safe!
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Lithocarpus Seed Collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
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Buy Varieties of MAGNOLIA
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Alexandrina'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_soulangeana_alexandrina.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Alexandrina'
white flowers with a purple flush at the base. Upright growing and free flowering
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Brozzonii'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnollia_brozzonii_4533.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Brozzonii'
large elongated white flowers shaded purple at the base
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Deep Purple Dream'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_deep_purple_dream_7344_made_up.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Deep Purple Dream'
very dark pink bowl-shaped flowers.
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Lennei'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_x_soulangeana_lennei_2847.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Lennei'
pink stained crimson
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Lombardy Rose'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_lombardy_rose_7345.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Lombardy Rose'
pink.
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Picture'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_x_soulangeana_picture_2849.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Picture'
long erect flowers which are purple outside and white inside
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Rustica Rubra'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_x_soulangeana_Rustica_Rubra.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Rustica Rubra'
rich rosy-red cup-shaped flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Satisfaction'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_satisfaction.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x soulangeana 'Satisfaction'
exceptionally large fragrant red-pink flowers in April and May. Petals are red-pink outside and white inside
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Diva'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sprengeri_diva_4534a.jpg)
MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Diva'
grafts from the original plant at Caerhays which is now dead. Flowers are rosy-pink outside and pale pink inside, and have a distinct erect habit. 'Diva' is italian for 'goddess'
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Diva' 'Burncoose'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sprengeri_diva_burncoose_2800a.jpg)
MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Diva' 'Burncoose'
a deep glowing rose-purple form raised at Burncoose by the late head gardener, Mr Arnold Dance
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Lanhydrock'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sprengeri_var_diva_lanhydroch.jpg)
MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Lanhydrock'
with us this flowers much later in the season than other sprengeri forms. It also has deeper pink flowers than other forms but clearly a sprengeri shape
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Marwood Spring'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_marwood_spring_6298.jpg)
MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Marwood Spring'
a simply splendid form from this well known garden
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Westonbirt'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sprengeri_westonbirt_6907.jpg)
MAGNOLIA sprengeri 'Westonbirt'
pale pink
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Spring Rite'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_spring_rite_5765a.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Spring Rite'
very fragrant, large pure white flowers with a hint of pink at the base. Fast growing
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Star Wars'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_star_wars_2803.jpg)
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
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