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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
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Evergreen
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YellowTo 7.5cm (3in) across -
Tall Shrub
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Half hardy - unheated greenhouse / mild winterHardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK except in severe winters and a risk from sudden (early) frosts. May be hardy elsewhere with wall shelter or good micro-climate. Likely to be damaged or killed in cold winters. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -5°C (23°F) -
Partial shadePrefers dappled shade. Shelter from strong winds.
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Additional FeaturesEndangered in the wildThese plants are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of 'Red Plants'. This is a list of threatened species in the wild, they are either critically, endangered or vulnerable to extinction.Vulnerable
Pests & DiseasesScale insects, honey fungus, coral spot.
Place of originYunnan Province, China. Burma. Southeast Tibet -
Flower ShapeCup-shaped
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HardinessFrost hardy (down to -5)
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Scented PlantsScented flowersHighly scented.
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-richNeutral to acid soil
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Tree ShapeRounded to broadly spreading
- 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
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
Buy Varieties of MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIA 'Cameo'
pinkish-red outside to the tepals and white flushed purple within
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Betty Jessel'
one of the very best but still too little known hybrids with large deep crimson flowers opening late in the season
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Charles Raffill'
rose-purple flowers on the outside and white with a marginal pink flush on the inside
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Darjeeling'
dark rose coloured flowers
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Kew's Surprise'
large and distinct translucent pink flowers which are paler inside. The original plant grows at Caerhays Castle and was awarded an FCC in 1967
MAGNOLIA campbellii subsp. mollicomata 'Lanarth'
large cyclamen-purple flowers of this subspecies of M. mollicomata raised at Lanarth
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Princess Margaret'
large flowers red-purple on the outside and cream inside.
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Sidbury'
raised at Sidbury Manor in Devon this is one of the earliest campbellii crosses to flower in Cornwall with attractive lighter pink flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA campbellii 'Werrington'
a Forrest original which grows at Werrington Park in North Cornwall
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Carlos'
good yellow flowers but sometimes appearing with the leaves. A cross between M. acuminata var subcordata and M. denudata
MAGNOLIA caveana
(Mangletia). broad evergreen leaves and white flowers
MAGNOLIA 'Cecil Nice'
an absolute picture when in full flower with row upon row of upright white flowers
MAGNOLIA 'Charles Coates'
a cross between M.sieboldii and M.tripetalata with fragrant creamy-white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Cleopatra'
similar in colour to M. 'Lanarth' this new New Zealand hybrid is a rich reddish purple with a metallic sheen
MAGNOLIA 'Copeland Court'
a compact, erect and symmetrical growing plant with dense branching and crimson pink flowers
MAGNOLIA cylindrica 'Hohman'
pink-tinted white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA cylindrica 'Lv Xing'
the flowers are pure white with a triangular flash of pink at the base of the petal which runs in a line right to the top. An attractive new magnolia with a rather different flower. Misnamed 'Sunrise'
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Daphne'
in our opinion this is easily the best and darkest yellow yet to appear on the market. The flowers do come out with the leaves most years but this is genuinely a plant for the smaller garden. A triumph for Philippe de Spoelberch's magnolia breeding in Belgium.
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'David Clulow'
Gresham hybrid with large white cup-shaped flowers which have a slight pink flush at the base
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Daybreak'
unusual fragrant light rose-pink flowers. M. xbrooklynensis 'Woodsman' was the seed parent in a cross with M. 'Tina Durio'. Highly recommended
MAGNOLIA decidua
formerly Manglietia decidua. Attractive new growth and scented white flowers
MAGNOLIA delavayi
the most spectacular of all Chinese evergreen magnolias. Fragrant white flowers which fade to cream persistantly from JUN-NOV. In windier spots it is best grown against a wall
MAGNOLIA denudata
scented pure white cup-shaped flowers
MAGNOLIA denudata 'Forrests Pink'
soft rose-pink blooms with no trace of purple
MAGNOLIA denudata 'Gere'
flowers two or three weeks later than the typical species with simple ivory white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA denudata 'Ghost Ship'
large white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA denudata 'Yellow River'
(cv 'Fei Huang') - yellowish buds fading to creamy-white as the flowers open
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'Elizabeth'
cup-shaped clear primrose-yellow flowers before and with the new leaves
MAGNOLIA 'Felix Jury'
this is a Jury hybrid between M. 'Vulcan' and a seedling of M. 'Iolanthe'. This impressive magnolia has white and port wine red flowers shaped like water lilies
Gift-wrapping available
MAGNOLIA 'F. J. Williams'
a sensational new hybrid raised at Caerhays. Early flowering with a striking deep reddish purple flower
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