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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
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Stellar Acclaim'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_stellar_acclaim_4808.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Stellar Acclaim'
flowers are greenish in bud opening a deepish yellow but still with some green. When we first saw this new variety in flower it was not impressive but, now that the plant is 8-10 feet tall and full of flower it is certainly quite a show if only because it flowers so late in the season
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA stellata](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_stellata_1.jpg)
MAGNOLIA stellata
white star-shaped flowers. All flower FEB-APR
![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 stellata 'Jane Platt'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_stellata_jane_platt.jpg)
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Jane Platt'
profuse deep pink flowers fading after opening
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA stellata keiskei](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_stellata_keiskei_4535x.jpg)
MAGNOLIA stellata keiskei
dense shrubby form with small purplish flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA stellata 'King Rose'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_stellata_rose_king.jpg)
MAGNOLIA stellata 'King Rose'
pale pink buds unfurling to white
![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 stellata 'Royal Star'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/mag_royal star_2807.jpg)
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Royal Star'
improved pure white
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA stellata 'Water Lily'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Magnolia_Stel_Water_Lily.jpg)
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Water Lily'
large flowers with more numerous petals than other varieties
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Strawberry Fields'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_strawberry_fields.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Strawberry Fields'
deep reddish-pink.
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Strawberry Shake'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_strawberry_shake_7347.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Strawberry Shake'
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Sunburst'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sunburst_2812s.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Sunburst'
an American bred hybrid with upright dark yellow flowers.
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Sunsation'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sunsation_2814s.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Sunsation'
golden-yellow flowers with a pink stripe
![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 'Susan'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_susan_2816.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Susan'
red-purple in bud opening paler
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Susanna van Veen'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_susanna_van_veen_2817.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Susanna van Veen'
flowers are similar to 'Caerhays Belle' in shape but with a darker rose-pink hue
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Sweet Merlot'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Magnolia_campbellii_Sweet_Merlot.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Sweet Merlot'
claret-red flowers which are globe-shaped with paler insides
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Sweet Sixteen'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_sweet_sixteen_7248.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Sweet Sixteen'
pure white flowers.
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