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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 '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
MAGNOLIA stellata
white star-shaped flowers. All flower FEB-APR
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Jane Platt'
profuse deep pink flowers fading after opening
MAGNOLIA stellata keiskei
dense shrubby form with small purplish flowers
MAGNOLIA stellata 'King Rose'
pale pink buds unfurling to white
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Royal Star'
improved pure white
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Water Lily'
large flowers with more numerous petals than other varieties
MAGNOLIA 'Strawberry Fields'
deep reddish-pink.
MAGNOLIA 'Strawberry Shake'
MAGNOLIA 'Sunburst'
an American bred hybrid with upright dark yellow flowers.
MAGNOLIA 'Sunsation'
golden-yellow flowers with a pink stripe
MAGNOLIA 'Susan'
red-purple in bud opening paler
MAGNOLIA 'Susanna van Veen'
flowers are similar to 'Caerhays Belle' in shape but with a darker rose-pink hue
MAGNOLIA 'Sweet Merlot'
claret-red flowers which are globe-shaped with paler insides
MAGNOLIA 'Sweet Sixteen'
pure white flowers.