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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
      Raised at Washington Arboretum, Seattle, USA, from seeds from Japan.
    • Magnolias - larger gardens
    • Magnolia
    • Deciduous
      Narrow, dark-green leaves to 18cm (7in) long. Leaves are bronze tinted when young.
    • White
    • Cup-shaped
      Open cup-shaped to 15cm (6in) across with 6 large tepals.
    • Fully hardy
    • Entire
    • Ovate
    • Height
      9m (30ft)
    • Spread
      7m (23ft)
    • Tree
    • Hardy - very cold winter
      Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)
    • Scented flowers
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich
    • Neutral to acid soil
    • Full sun
      Shelter from strong winds.
    • Partial shade
    • Broadly conical
    • Rounded to broadly spreading
    • Mature Size
      9m (30ft)
      		 tree - guide for size not form Average Person
        7m (23ft)
      		  
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    • MAGNOLIA 'Lanarth Surprise'
    Pinkish-purple
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Leda'
    Large pure white cup and saucer flower. Free flowering
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    Large
    £80.00
    Specimen
    £95.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Lemon Star'
    (syn. Swedish Star) - a quite outstanding new magnolia which flowers from a very young age. The flowers emerge as greenish-yellow opening flat to a pure yellow before fading to cream. This will emerge as one of the most popular yellow magnolias in the next few years
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Lili Diva'
    Pink, tulip-shaped
     
    Large
    £80.00
    Specimen
    £95.00
    MAGNOLIA liliiflora 'Nigra'
    Flowers purplish-red
     
    Small
    £19.00 £15.20
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA liliiflora 'Raven'
    Purple
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Limelight'
    Large pointed greenish-yellow tulip-shaped flowers. A vigorous grower with a multi-stemmed habit. Well worth adding to any collection of the new yellow magnolias
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Livingstone'
    Purple-pink tulip-shaped blooms fairly late in the season
     
    Large
    £80.00
    Specimen
    £110.00
    MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
    Soft pink star-like flowers
     
    Small
    £17.50
    Large
    £50.00
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    Specimen
    £65.00
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    MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Mag's Pirouette'
    A seedling from Ballerina with lovely small flowers. The outer tepals are shorter than the inner ones
     
    Large
    £80.00
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    MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Merrill'
    Large white fragrant flowers
     
    Small
    £17.50
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    Large
    £50.00
    Specimen
    £65.00
    MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Powder Puff'
    An outstanding form which lives up to its name with many tepals on each flower
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA x loebneri 'Raspberry Fun'
    A tough x loebneri hybrid which is suitable for the smaller garden. A profusion of reddish-pink flowers
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    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
     
    Large
    £80.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Lois'
    Clear primrose flowers without a tendency to fade. Just as good in Burncoose Gardens as M. 'Daphne'
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    Large
    £80.00
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    Specimen
    £110.00
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