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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 x loebneri 'Wildcat'
a stellata shape but with up to 52 tepals giving a 'Chrysanthemum' effect. Soft pink buds open to white. Grows to 5-8m
MAGNOLIA 'Lois'
Clear primrose flowers without a tendency to fade. Just as good in Burncoose Gardens as M. 'Daphne'
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Lotus'
large cream flowers with a splash of pink at the base
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Lucy Carlson'
palest pink, with many tepals
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA macrophylla
the largest leafed magnolia of all with greyish leaves, glaucous underneath and fragrant white flowers
MAGNOLIA macrophylla subsp. ashei
a miniature form of M.macrophylla with smaller leaves which will flower at a very young age
MAGNOLIA 'Manchu Fan'
creamy-white flowers with a small pink smudge at the base
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'March-till-Frost'
as its name implies this magnolia continues to produce flowers irregularly right through the season. The first flowers are usually pale pink but the later ones are usually darker
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Margaret Helen'
rose-red campbellii-type bowl-shaped blooms which appear freely at a young age. An exceptionally clear colour
MAGNOLIA 'Maxine Merrill'
an acuminata x loebneri hybrid with bright yellow flowers usually before the leaf emerges. Flowers at a very young age
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Meganolia'
flamboyant, very large, deep pink flowers before the leaves
MAGNOLIA 'Melon Sky'
pale purple-pink with a hint of yellow.
MAGNOLIA 'Mighty Mouse'
small-growing with goblet-shaped red flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Milky Way'
white flowers with a touch of pink at the base
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Mr Julian'
pale pink
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