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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 kobus 'Pink Kobus'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_kobus_pink_kobus_5133h.jpg)
MAGNOLIA kobus 'Pink Kobus'
light pink flowers rather than white
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Kronos'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_kronos_7944_l.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Kronos'
white with pink at the base
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Lamellen Pink'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_lamellyn_pink_7876.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Lamellen Pink'
transluscent pink flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Lanarth Surprise'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_lanarth_surprise_6900.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Lanarth Surprise'
pinkish-purple
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Leda'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_leda~4.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Leda'
large pure white cup and saucer flower. Free flowering
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Lemon Star'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/24_april_2015_swedish_star_01_5982~2.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Lemon Star'
(syn. Swedish Star) - a quite outstanding new magnolia which flowers from a very young age. The flowers emerge as greenish-yellow opening flat to a pure yellow before fading to cream. This will emerge as one of the most popular yellow magnolias in the next few years
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Lili Diva'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_lili_diva.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Lili Diva'
pink, tulip-shaped
![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 liliiflora 'Nigra'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_lilliflora_nigra_2757.jpg)
MAGNOLIA liliiflora 'Nigra'
flowers purplish-red
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA liliiflora 'Raven'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_liliiflora_raven_6905.jpg)
MAGNOLIA liliiflora 'Raven'
purple
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA 'Livingstone'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_livingstone_6430a.jpg)
MAGNOLIA 'Livingstone'
purple-pink tulip-shaped blooms fairly late in the season
![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 loebneri 'Leonard Messel'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_loebneri_leonard_messel_2840.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
soft pink star-like flowers
![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 loebneri 'Mag's Pirouette'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnollia_pirouette_4530.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Mag's Pirouette'
a seedling from Ballerina with lovely small flowers. The outer tepals are shorter than the inner ones
![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 loebneri 'Merrill'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_x_loebneri_merrill_2841.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Merrill'
large white fragrant flowers
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Powder Puff'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_x_loebneri_powder_puff_5259a.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Powder Puff'
an outstanding form which lives up to its name with many tepals on each flower
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Raspberry Fun'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/magnolia_raspberry_fun_6297.jpg)
MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Raspberry Fun'
a tough x loebneri hybrid which is suitable for the smaller garden. A profusion of reddish-pink flowers
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