Magnolias
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Aurora magnolia originated in from New Zealand as many other superb new hybrids, and this time it came from Oswald Blumhardt. Some say that it is his most beautiful hybrid ever. Looking at the large, simply sumptuous flower ...
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Black Beauty magnolia is another brooklynensis hybrid from the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, USA, which, surprisingly, does not bear yellow flowers. It is a cross of m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia with yellow flowers) and m.lil ...
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Are you a magnolia lover who thinks he has seen them all? Well, have another look at this almost blue magnolia. Of course it is slightly exaggerated, there are just blue hues in the bud, yet they are stunning.
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Another unique jewel among magnolias is this yellow flowering hybrid. It is a cross between m.denudata and m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia). It was raised by Phil Savage in Michigan, USA, in 1988 and patented three years later.
Medium-sized flowers are unusual and truly gorgeous. The colour is cl ...
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Among deciduous magnolias there are varieties that bloom later than most of the Asian ones. This selection named Charles Coates originated in England in Kew, famous for its Kew Gardens, by crossing m.sieboldii and
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Coral Lake is a chameleon magnolia changing colours during flowering. It is a cross between Legend (m. acuminata x m. acuminata ssp. subcordata, 1985) and Butterflies (m. acuminata x m. denudata ‚Sawada’s Cream& ...
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Daybreak magnolia has a unique shade of pink. The flower buds are slim and tall, rich pink but not garish. They show small, flame-like triangles of green colour at the bottom of their calyxes. The buds take quite some time looking precious for many days befo ...
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Felix magnolia, also called Felix Jury, is a recent introduction by Mark Jury, and a gorgeous hybrid named after his late father who fortunately lived to see its first flowers, but not its worldwide success a few yea ...
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Another rare magnolia is this cross between magnolia acuminata var. subcordata “Miss Honeybee” and magnolia stellata. It gained flower shape fro stellata and colour from acuminate.
Goldstar has medium sized flowers with 14 narrow petals, very similar to star-shape ...
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Manchu Fan is a white flowering rare magnolia from New Zealand. It bears medium-sized, goblet-shaped flowers that are almost pure white with a very light pink smudge at the bottom. The petals look like fragile china and do not open up completely keeping the elegant goblet shape. ...
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This magnolia is a cross of crosses ... mathematically it is: (magnolia liliiflora x magnolia cylindrica) x magnolia „Ruby“ (which is a hybrid itself), bred by August Kehr in 1997. The result of this rather bizarre looking equation is a gorgeous ...
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Maxine Merrill is a magnolia cross between m.acuminata ssp. subcordata ‚Miss Honeybee‘ and m. x loebneri ‚Merrill‘. It was bred by one of the greatest magnolia breeders Phil Savage from the USA. It p ...
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Norman Gould is a compact growing Japanese magnolia hybrid. It makes 10 cm large, snow-white, goblet-shaped, fragrant flowers with 8-9 petals. They come out already from late March if the weather is nice. Deciduous leaves a ...
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Satisfaction is a European novelty among magnolias from 2002. Its origin is not known, however, so far it has proven to be a real winner.
Satisfaction is a small or mid-sized magnolia with mid-sized to large blossoms. The outside colour is deep burgundy red and pure white in ...
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Shirazz (two zeds) is a lush magnolia variety from New Zealand. It is a cross between magnolia denudata and magnolia
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Susan magnolia has narrow, goblet-shaped flowers of deep pink, nearly red colour outside and slightly lighter red inside. This is the reddest coloured variety among spring magnolias. It flowers reliably already when young. It does not require pruning at all. As it has flower buds at the ends ...
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This magnolia variety has only recently been imported from China, under the name Fei Huang. It is a sensational plant with large yellow flowers. It belongs to magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia) group, however, we have not been able to search for the exact breeding details. The Chinese ...
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Another jewel among magnolias came from New Zealand, again, and was raised by Mark Jury. Its name is Black Tulip® and has been sought after thanks to its very deep purple colour of flowers. They are rich purple in colour, not too large – only about 10-15 cm across, go ...
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With the new millennium, large-flowered magnolias seem to have become a new fashion for broad public and collectibles for magnolia enthusiasts. The number of new cultivars increases every year. EMPEROR is an impressive one ...
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Discovering magnolia STARBURST was a thrill. Not only has it gorgeous flowers, but it also has something very practical for small gardens – narrower, almost fastigiate habit. Its fragrant flowers are 15-20 cm across, ...
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Golden Gift is a magnolia crossing between m. acuminata ‘Miss Honeybee’ and (m. acuminata x m. denudate) which makes it obvious that thanks to a lot of genes of cucumber magnolia (m. acuminata) the flowers shoul ...
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Francois Treyve evergreen magnolia is more compact than the species. It bears deep green, glossy, broadly ovate or almost rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown leathery undersides that protect them from drying winds and cold. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. The ...
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Little Gem is an evergreen magnolia which is smaller in every aspect but offers more of everything. The glossy, leathery leaves are numerous, making the plant very dense. They are deep green with distinct rusty underneath. ...
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Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties available. MarylandMarylandwhich offers something unique – different leaf colour as it is ...
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Goliath is bushier than the species. As you can tell by its name, something is going to be extraordinary here. True: the flowers are extremely large, often up to 30 cm wide, strongly fragrant and appear on the plant usually from June, often from late May if ...
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This is one of the latest varieties of spring magnolias opening its flowers in May, thus avoiding late frosts that may damage flower petals or entire buds. Nigra’s petals are dark burgundy-purple on the outside and very light purple or nearly white on the inside. The goble ...
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Ashei is a rare subspecies of bigleaf magnolia popular for much smaller height compared to the species. Some even call it dwarf but given a height of 3 to 4 meters I would probably avoid with, but I can understand their nee ...
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Star magnolia is a one of the earliest magnolias to flower in March already. It has star-shaped, pure white flowers with a lovely scent. As it blooms on bare branches early in the spring we recommend placing it in front of an evergreen shrub, e.g. cherry laurel, holly, or any bright green con ...
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Umbrella magnolia is a unique plant of its species. It is quite unusual though easy to grow. Its main feature are exotic-looking, large leaves that can grow 30-45 cm long. Their colour is mid-green flashed with bronze from spring to early summer. They are soft and slightly hairy beneath, crow ...
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Bloomfield is a sensational new variety of an already fantastic umbrella magnolia. Though quite unique this plants is so easy to grow and needs no or very little care. This variety produces even larger leaves than the species, they can be up to 60 cm long. They are deciduous, mi ...
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Sweet bay is a unique magnolia species that was first described by Carl Linnaeus, founder of modern taxonomy, already in 1753. Magnolia virginiana, that was the Latin name it received, was the very first magnolia species ever listed under this name. Interestingly, ...
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Hattie Carthan magnolia was bred by Doris Stone from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden by cross-pollinating several unnamed m. x brooklynensis hybrids (m.acuminata x magnolia x liliiflora) and ‘Evamaria’ variety. The ...
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“Yellow Bird” magnolia is a cross between magnolia acuminata and magnolia brooklynensis “Evamaria” from 1967. Yet that year it was suggested the best yellow cultivar so far. Well, a lot of time has passed and these days there are a few more girls to ask t ...
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Wildcat is a beautiful and unique fully double flowered magnolia hybrid. It produces white, chrysanthemum-like, 10 cm wide flowers with some pinkish hues. It has an advantage of 1-2 weeks later flowering as opposed to star ...
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Proctor magnolia is a hybrid of two Japanese magnolia species – m. stellata and m. salicifolia. It is distinguished by early flowering and profusion of star-shaped, white, fragrant flowers, larger than on m. stellata, with less petals but of firmer appearance ...
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It was in 1826 when the very first bloom of this famous saucer magnolia came into the world. It was bred by French botanist Etienne Soulange-Bodin who 6 years before that success made a cross between m.denudata and m.liliflora. It blooms on bare branches with beautifully scented, gob ...
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If you are a magnolia lover who still has some space in the garden which is a rare combination, have a look at this immense beauty in white named Alba Superba. It is a reliable and hardy variety of s ...
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Alexandrina is a very popular variety of saucer magnolia. Thanks to the rich colour of outer petals it is rated commercially best-selling saucer magnolia. The flowers are upto 10 cm across, white inside, flushed deep pink and purple outside, with a lovely fragrance.
Deciduou ...
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Based on the successful crossing of saucer magnolia a new variety was bred at the end of the 19th centutry. Its name is Rustica Rubra or just Rubra and comes from the nursery town Boskoop in the Netherlands.
The beautifully scented flowers are goblet- to saucer-shap ...
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Thompson magnolia boasts large, creamy white, very fragrant flowers which come out from June until July on a fully leafed out plant. The flowers are up to 15 cm across and the fragrance is deep and sweet. Deciduous leaves are broadly ovate to obovate, 15-25 cm long ...
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