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.

Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes

Burncoose speciality
See Burncoose Speciality group for more details
Pests & Diseases
Scale insects, honey fungus, coral spot.
Place of origin
Garden origin. 1967. A Caerhays hybrid, Cornwall, UK.
Caerhays bred plants
Magnolias - larger gardens
Magnolia
Deciduous
Leaves to 25cm (10in) long
Cup-and-saucer-shaped
Frost hardy (down to -5)
Entire
Elliptic
Oblong
Ovate
Height
15m (50ft)
Spread
10m (33ft)
Tree
Hardy - average winter
Hardy 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)
Spring Seasonal Interest
Winter Seasonal Interest
Fertile moist well-drained soil
Humus-rich.
Neutral to acid soil
Full sun
Shelter from strong winds.
Partial shade
Broadly conical
Spreading with age