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....
  • Deciduous
  • Evergreen
  • Tall Shrub
  • Tree
  • Additional Features
    Good to know
    An ancient genus named after Pierre Magnol, French botanist, 1638-1715. Evolving before bees plants were pollinated by beetles. Grown for their showy, solitary, fragrant flowers. These can be cup-shaped, saucer-shaped, goblet-shaped or star-shaped and often appear before the leaves. Colours range from pure white to white with blushes or stains of pink or purple, rich pink and purple, and various shades of yellow. Cone-like fruit is produced in autumn on more mature specimens.
    Place of origin
    Himalayas, eastern and southeastern Asia, eastern North America to tropical North and South America
    Youtube video
Magnolia - A guide to sizing and pricing
Magnolia - Care Guide
Magnolia - Hybridisation
Magnolia - Propagation
Magnolia - Spotlight Videos
Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
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Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
Trees - Care Guide

Buy Varieties of MAGNOLIA

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MAGNOLIA 'Betty'

MAGNOLIA 'Betty'

petals purplish-red, white inside, suitable for smaller gardens

 
Small
£17.50 each 
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Medium
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£70.00 each 
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MAGNOLIA 'Big Dude'

MAGNOLIA 'Big Dude'

huge flowers which are reddish-purple outside and white inside fading rose-pink and white

 
Medium
£70.00 each 
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Large
£80.00 each 
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MAGNOLIA biondii

MAGNOLIA biondii

small fragrant white flowers flushed purple at the base

 
Medium
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£70.00 each 
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Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA 'Blackberry Rose'

MAGNOLIA 'Blackberry Rose'

(syn 'Brombeer') - reddish-purple

 
Specimen
£110.00 each 
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MAGNOLIA 'Black Swan'

MAGNOLIA 'Black Swan'

dark red flowers

 
Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA 'Black Tulip'

MAGNOLIA 'Black Tulip'

the darkest purple-red flowered magnolia before the arrival of M.'Genie'

 
Medium
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£70.00 each 
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Large
£80.00 each 
Specimen
£110.00 each 
MAGNOLIA 'Blushing Belle'

MAGNOLIA 'Blushing Belle'

pink cup-and-saucer flowers, paler pink within.

 
Medium
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£70.00  
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MAGNOLIA 'Brixton Belle'

MAGNOLIA 'Brixton Belle'

campbellii type - this excellent hybrid flowers at a very young age. Large cup and saucer blooms, rich pink outside, and paler within

 
Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Black Beauty'

MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Black Beauty'

probably the nearest to a black magnolia flower that you will ever see. Quite extraordinary. Slow growing but very floriferous

 
Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Hattie Carthan'

MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Hattie Carthan'

bright yellow flowers with magenta mid veins and a tinge of green

 
Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Titan'

MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Titan'

pale pink and cream

 
Medium
£70.00 each 
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Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Woodsman'

MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Woodsman'

flowers are an unusual combination of yellow, green and purple

 
Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'

MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'

introduced at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in 1967 as a hybrid between M. acuminata and M. x brooklynensis. Flowers are yellow with a slight greenish tinge

 
Medium
£70.00 each 
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Specimen
£110.00 each 
MAGNOLIA 'Burgundy Spire'

MAGNOLIA 'Burgundy Spire'

narrow habit. Burgundy, upright flowers, cream within.

 
Large
£80.00 each 
MAGNOLIA 'Burgundy Star'

MAGNOLIA 'Burgundy Star'

perhaps the best new red flowered New Zealand hybrid yet. Upright tulip-shaped flowers opening to a star shape

 
Large
£80.00 each 
Specimen
£95.00 each 
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