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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 - Care Guide
    Magnolia - Hybridisation
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    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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    Varieties

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    • MAGNOLIA 'Lotus'
    Large cream flowers with a splash of pink at the base
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Lucy Carlson'
    Palest pink, with many tepals
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA macrophylla
    The largest leafed magnolia of all with greyish leaves, glaucous underneath and fragrant white flowers
     
    Small
    £40.00
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    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA macrophylla subsp. ashei
    A miniature form of M.macrophylla with smaller leaves which will flower at a very young age
     
    Small
    £35.00
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    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Manchu Fan'
    Creamy-white flowers with a small pink smudge at the base
     
    Large
    £80.00
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    Specimen
    £110.00
    MAGNOLIA 'March-till-Frost'
    As its name implies this magnolia continues to produce flowers irregularly right through the season. The first flowers are usually pale pink but the later ones are usually darker
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Margaret Helen'
    Rose-red campbellii-type bowl-shaped blooms which appear freely at a young age. An exceptionally clear colour
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Maxine Merrill'
    An acuminata x loebneri hybrid with bright yellow flowers usually before the leaf emerges. Flowers at a very young age
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Melon Sky'
    Pale purple-pink with a hint of yellow.
     
    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Mighty Mouse'
    Small-growing with goblet-shaped red flowers
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    MAGNOLIA 'Milky Way'
    White flowers with a touch of pink at the base
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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    Large
    £80.00
    MAGNOLIA 'Mr Julian'
    Pale pink
     
    Medium
    £70.00
    Large
    £80.00
    Specimen
    £95.00
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    MAGNOLIA obovata
    (hypoleuca) - large obovate leaves and fragrant creamy-white flowers in May and June
     
    Small
    £40.00
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    MAGNOLIA obovata 'Pink Flush'
    Japanese big-leaf magnolia
    Creamy flowers with a pink flush
     
    Seedling
    £25.00
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    MAGNOLIA officinalis
    Huge ovate leaves and saucer-shaped fragrant white flowers on this rarer species
     
    Medium
    £70.00
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