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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.
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 '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
MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Miss Honeybee'
light yellow fragrant flowers open just before or alongside the leaves
MAGNOLIA acuminata 'Seiju'
blue-green tulip-shaped flowers
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'
MAGNOLIA 'A.E. Bold'
purple
MAGNOLIA 'Anne Leitner'
an excellent new hybrid with large purple flowers
MAGNOLIA 'Anticipation'
large white tulip-shaped flowers. Grows 5 to 8 metres
MAGNOLIA 'Antje Zandee'
a striking dark purple variety which is a cross between M. 'Deep Purple Dream' and M. 'Black Tulip'
MAGNOLIA 'Anya'
deep red.
MAGNOLIA 'Aphrodite'
reddish-purple
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
MAGNOLIA 'Atlas'
Jury hybrid with soft pink petals which are white inside. A sister seedling to Iolanthe
MAGNOLIA 'Betty'
petals purplish-red, white inside, suitable for smaller gardens