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southern magnolia "VICTORIA"

Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
"VICTORIA"

southern magnolia

USUAL HEIGHT and WIDTH
5-8m x 3-5m
LEAVES
evergreen broadleaf
SIZE/TYPE
medium-sized tree		 COLOUR OF LEAVES

green
BLOOMING TIME
July - September
LOCATION
full sun		 FLOWERS
showy
USDA zone (lowest)
6   (down to -23°C) 		COLOUR OF FLOWERS

white
WINTER PROTECTION
for zone 5+6
Code of winter protection zone 5+6
for zone 7
Code of winter protection zone 7
 Belongs to categories
Evergreen broadleaf
Summer blooms
Magnolias
Exotics
Rarities
SIZE and PRICES
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GLOSSARY

  • STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
  • DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
  • EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
  • STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
  • SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
  • HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
  • FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
  • GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
 DESCRIPTION

This cultivar of evergreen magnolia was born in a Canadian province British Columbia in 1930. Since then it has shown extreme frost tolerance and many Czech enthusiasts rate this variety the most reliable as regards the leaves which are seldom burnt by frost.

Its name is Victoria. It has large, creamy-white, fragrant flowers that come out in July and keep popping up until September. Leaves are dark green, very glossy, with brown, suede-like undersides. Leaf buds are beautifully purple-pink.

Find it a location with plenty of direct sunlight in summer, protected from cutting winds. If you can find such spot, grow it in winter shade. It needs slightly acidic soil, very rich in humus, moist but well-drained.

For the first couple of years we recommend to cover the plant in white woven to keep direct sunlight and freezing winds away should the temperature drop down to -20°C. It is hardy to -25°C (USDA zone 6) but withstand temporary swings down to -27°C (USDA zone 5b).

Last update 18-01-2008