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    MAGNOLIA
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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.

     

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Pests & Diseases
      Scale insects, honey fungus, coral spot.
    • Place of origin
      Nepal, India, Bhutan - Burncoose plants are grafts from specimen tree at Caerhays, Cornwall, UK.
    • Deciduous
      Oblong-elliptic, mid-green leaves to 25cm (10in) long.
    • Shades of pink
      All shades of pink through to Carmine (red)
      White or crimson to pale pink flowers.
    • White
    • Cup-and-saucer-shaped
      To 30cm (12in) across.
    • Frost hardy (down to -5)
    • Height
      15m (49ft)
    • Spread
      10m (33ft)
    • Tree
      Vigorous conical, then spreading, 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)
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich.
    • Neutral to acid soil
    • Full sun
      shelter from strong winds.
    • Partial shade
    • Broadly conical
      Spreading with age
    • Mature Size
      15m (49ft)
      		 tree - guide for size not form Average Person
        10m (33ft)
      		  
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    Varieties

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    • MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Blue Opal'
    Cucumber tree
    Spectacular blue buds turn dark yellow as they open. This is a unique colour in the magnolia world
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    Large
    £80.00
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    Specimen
    £95.00
    MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Koban Dori'
    Cucumber tree
    Soft canary-yellow blooms which open as the leaf appears in spring. Its neat pyramidal habit and restricted overall size makes it very suitable for suburban gardens
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Miss Honeybee'
    Cucumber tree
    Light yellow fragrant flowers open just before or alongside the leaves
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Seiju'
    Blue-green tulip-shaped flowers
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Advance'
    A hybrid bred by Vance Hooper in New Zealand. Clear lilac-purple goblet-shaped blooms on this hybrid between M. soulangeana 'Burgundy' and M. 'Vulcan'
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'A.E. Bold'
    Purple
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Albatross'
    Bred by Peter Borlase of Lanhydrock this excellent and vigorous hybrid has large white flowers which are very distinctive especially in bud
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Anne Leitner'
    An excellent new hybrid with large purple flowers
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Anticipation'
    Large white tulip-shaped flowers. Grows 5 to 8 metres
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Antje Zandee'
    A striking dark purple variety which is a cross between M. 'Deep Purple Dream' and M. 'Black Tulip'
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Anya'
    Deep red.
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Aphrodite'
    Reddish-purple
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Apollo'
    Rich violet-purple flowers at first turning purple-rosy-violet later. Highly scented
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Athene'
    Jury hybrid with white flowers shading to pink at the base
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Atlas'
    Jury hybrid with soft pink petals which are white inside. A sister seedling to Iolanthe
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    • Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
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    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Garden Goodies
    Slate Plant Labels
    These wonderfully tactile natural slate plant labels are hand made in Cornwall and come with a chalk pen. Just stick them in your pot or border. Pack of 6.
    Stick in slate labels
    £10.00
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