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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.
- Magnolia - A guide to sizing and pricing
- Magnolia - Care Guide
- Magnolia - Hybridisation
- Magnolia - Propagation
- Magnolia - Spotlight Videos
- Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 1) Collecting Seeds
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
- Trees - Care Guide
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DeciduousOblong-elliptic, mid-green leaves to 25cm (10in) long.
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Shades of pinkAll shades of pink through to Carmine (red)White or crimson to pale pink flowers. -
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Height15m (49ft) -
Spread10m (33ft)
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TreeVigorous conical, then spreading, tree.
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Hardy - average winterHardy 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) -
Full sunshelter from strong winds. -
Partial shade
- Details
- Mature Size
- Tips and Advice
- Goes Well With
- Planting Combinations
- Other Suggestions
- See Also...
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Additional Features
Pests & DiseasesScale insects, honey fungus, coral spot.
Place of originNepal, India, Bhutan - Burncoose plants are grafts from specimen tree at Caerhays, Cornwall, UK. -
Flower ShapeCup-and-saucer-shapedTo 30cm (12in) across.
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HardinessFrost hardy (down to -5)
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-rich.Neutral to acid soil
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Tree ShapeBroadly conicalSpreading with age
- Cultivation of Magnolias
- Pruning Magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning shoots on grafted rootstock - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning small & large shoots below the graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning & Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Soil Conditions
- Planting Locations
- Planting a magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Scraping deadwood to see if alive - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pests and Diseases
- Magnolia Slug Protection - Short Video Tip ondemand_video
- Slug Protection - Longer Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Scale Insect on Magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Further Reading
- Planting Magnolia from Seeds
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia Seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Best yellow magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'
- M. campbellii in late January - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia campbellii 'Alba' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. campbellii alba 'Strybing White' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia globosa - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia insignis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Lanarth' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Lois', 'Peachy' & 'Limelight'
- Magnolia 'Peachy' and 'Daybreak' Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Pink Flush' in June - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Tikitere' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Star Wars', doltsopa & veitchii - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. sieboldii, sieboldii sinensis, x wieseneri, 'Summer Solstice' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Altas', 'Raspberry Fun', 'Sunrise' & x veitchii - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Tropicana' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Todd's Forty Niner' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Todd's Forty Niner' Late January - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Various Magnolias in early March - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Michelia foveolata - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Michelia macclurei - Video Tip ondemand_video
- 5 Michelias in April - Video Tip ondemand_video
- M. 'Woodsman' x 'Patriot' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Unnamed hybrids - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Allergic reactions and pollen
- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
- Plants producing little pollen - relatively safe!
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Lithocarpus Seed Collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
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AZALEA - EVERGREEN 'Hinomayo'
CAMELLIA 'Adolphe Audusson'
CAMELLIA 'Brigadoon'
CAMELLIA 'Debbie'
CAMELLIA 'Galaxie'
CAMELLIA 'J.C. Williams'
CAMELLIA 'Jury's Yellow'
CAMELLIA 'Philippa Forwood'
CAMELLIA reticulata 'Lasca Beauty'
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Darjeeling'
MAGNOLIA 'Mr Julian'
MICHELIA doltsopa
QUERCUS dentata 'Carl Ferris Miller'
RHODODENDRON stenopetalum 'Linearifolium'
RHODODENDRON 'Cornish Red'
Buy Varieties of MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Blue Opal'
spectacular blue buds turn dark yellow as they open. This is a unique colour in the magnolia world
MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Honey Liz'
a hybrid between M. 'Miss Honeybee' and M. 'Elizabeth'. Large upright almost painted yellow flowers
MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Koban Dori'
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
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Miss Honeybee'
light yellow fragrant flowers open just before or alongside the leaves
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'
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'A.E. Bold'
purple
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Albatross'
bred by Peter Borlase of Lanhydrock this excellent and vigorous hybrid has large white flowers which are very distinctive especially in bud
MAGNOLIA 'Antje Zandee'
a striking dark purple variety which is a cross between M. 'Deep Purple Dream' and M. 'Black Tulip'
MAGNOLIA 'Aphrodite'
reddish-purple
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Apollo'
rich violet-purple flowers at first turning purple-rosy-violet later. Highly scented
MAGNOLIA 'Athene'
Jury hybrid with white flowers shading to pink at the base
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Atlas'
Jury hybrid with soft pink petals which are white inside. A sister seedling to Iolanthe
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Banana Split'
yellow to cream flowers with a purple stripe and a green base. Upright and vigorous habit.
MAGNOLIA 'Betty'
petals purplish-red, white inside, suitable for smaller gardens
MAGNOLIA biondii
small fragrant white flowers flushed purple at the base
MAGNOLIA 'Blackberry Rose'
(syn 'Brombeer') - reddish-purple
MAGNOLIA 'Black Swan'
dark red flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Black Tulip'
the darkest purple-red flowered magnolia before the arrival of M.'Genie'
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Brixton Belle'
campbellii type - this excellent hybrid flowers at a very young age. Large cup and saucer blooms, rich pink outside, and paler within
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Black Beauty'
probably the nearest to a black magnolia flower that you will ever see. Quite extraordinary. Slow growing but very floriferous
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Hattie Carthan'
bright yellow flowers with magenta mid veins and a tinge of green
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Titan'
pale pink and cream
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Woodsman'
flowers are an unusual combination of yellow, green and purple
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'
introduced at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in 1967 as a hybrid between M. acuminata and M. x brooklynensis. Flowers are yellow with a slight greenish tinge
MAGNOLIA 'Burgundy Star'
perhaps the best new red flowered New Zealand hybrid yet. Upright tulip-shaped flowers opening to a star shape
MAGNOLIA 'Butterflies'
a hyrid between M.acuminata and M.denudata with rich yellow flowers and red stamens
MAGNOLIA 'Caerhays Belle'
a hybrid raised at Caerhays Castle with huge saucer-shaped salmon-pink flowers
MAGNOLIA 'Caerhays Philip'
vigorous tree. Dark pink tepals, paler inside
MAGNOLIA 'Caerhays Splendour'
vibrant pink
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Caerhays Surprise'
a hybrid between M. mollicomata and M. liliiflora 'Nigra' which flowers at a young age and is suitable for smaller gardens. The flowers open a dark purplish-red and fade to mauvish-purple
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