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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.
Further Reading....
- 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
- Details
- Mature Size
- Tips and Advice
- Goes Well With
- Planting Combinations
- Other Suggestions
- See Also...
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Deciduous - narrow, oval, dark-green leaves to 18cm (7in) long. Leaves are bronze tinted when young.
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White -
Height - 9m (30ft) -
Spread - 7m (23ft)
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Tree
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Hardy - very cold winter - Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F) -
Full sun - shelter from strong winds. -
Partial shade -
Additional Features - Pests & Diseases - - scale insects, honey fungus, coral spot. -
Place of origin - raised at Washington Arboretum, Seattle, USA, from seeds from Japan. -
Flower Shape - Cup-shaped - - open cup-shaped to 15cm (6in) across with 6 large tepals.
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Hardiness - Fully hardy -
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Scented Plants - Scented flowers -
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil - - humus-rich
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Neutral to acid soil
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Tree Shape - Broadly conical -
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Rounded to broadly spreading
Magnolia - A guide to sizing and pricing
Magnolia - Care Guide
- 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
- 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
Magnolia - Hybridisation
Magnolia - Propagation
- Planting Magnolia from Seeds
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia Seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
Magnolia - Spotlight Videos
- Best yellow magnolias - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'
- Magnolia campbellii 'Alba' - 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
- 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
- Magnolia 'Tropicana' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Michelia foveolata - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Michelia macclurei - Video Tip ondemand_video
Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
- Allergic reactions and pollen
- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
- Plants producing little pollen - relatively safe!
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 1) Collecting Seeds
- 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
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
Trees - Care Guide
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Checking ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - 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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9m (30ft)
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7m (23ft) |
Buy Varieties of MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIA stellata keiskei >
Commonly known as: Star magnolia.
Dense shrubby form with small purplish flowers
MAGNOLIA stellata 'Water Lily' >
Commonly known as: Star magnolia.
Large flowers with more numerous petals than other varieties
MAGNOLIA 'Summer Solstice' >
A hybrid between M.globosa and M.obovata which is sensational at Caerhays in late May and on into June. Scented pink globular flowers which open to show a creamy-white inside
MAGNOLIA 'Susanna van Veen' >
Flowers are similar to 'Caerhays Belle' in shape but with a darker rose-pink hue
MAGNOLIA x thompsoniana >
(tripetala x virginiana) - large fragrant parchment coloured flowers throught the summer even in young plants
MAGNOLIA tripetala >
Commonly known as: Umbrella magnolia.
Hardy tree with large leaves and pungent creamy flowers
MAGNOLIA x veitchii >
The largest growing of all the magnolias at Caerhays Castle. White flowers in profusion which are flushed purple-pink
MAGNOLIA virginiana >
Commonly known as: Swamp laurel, Sweetbay.
Fragrant creamy-white flowers and distinctive leaves which are blue-white underneath. In our Cornish climate this is a semi-evergreen tree in a mild winter
MAGNOLIA virginiana 'Glauca' >
A slower growing and bushier variety with large flowers and very bluish undersides to the leaves
MAGNOLIA 'Vulcan' >
A popular magnolia hybrid with unusual shaped flowers, the petals of which curl in on themselves as they open and are almost frilly. Light pink flowers from an early age
MAGNOLIA x wieseneri >
(xwatsonii) - saucer-shaped flowers which are white with crimson stamens. Differs from sinensis in its smaller, narrower leaves and smaller flowers as well as its rarity. Prefers partial shade
MAGNOLIA x wieseneri 'Aashild Kalleberg' >
Bred in Gothenburg Botanic Gardens, this form is exceptionally hardy with pure white cup-shaped flowers. Limited availability
MAGNOLIA 'Yellow Fever' >
A hybrid between M. acuminata and M. denudata. Flowers are yellow in bud fading to cream and highly scented
MAGNOLIA 'Yellow Lantern' >
(M. acuminata subcordata x M. soulangeana 'Alexandrina') - fastigiate small tree with precocious tall tulip-shaped pale lemon flowers and abundant seedheads
