Magnolia grandiflora (Galissonniensis) 'GALISSONNIÉRE' southern magnolia, bull bay
Magnolia
Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time hardiest varieties.
This variety received its name after a French governor in Canada in 18 century, and has been in cultivation in France for more than 150 years. It is very popular in Britain, too, where it is considered fully hardy. And Italy, namely Tuscany, would most definitely lose its most spectacular symbol without it. It blooms beautifully with large, 20 cm or more across, creamy white to pure white flowers in June and July while it has flower buds. It can be pruned just as you like, it will always re-sprout. With wood hardiness down to -20°C it is suitable in closed yards and town gardens in our climate, if temperatures drop below -17°C it may suffer from winter sunscorch.
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 permeable. In bad winters we recommend covering it with white woven on the coldest days of winter FOR MAXIMUM 2 WEEKS, and in periods of strong sunlight and/or cutting wind in combination with temperatures below zero (especially in early spring). In winter provide extra watering in frost-free periods.
Last update 13-04-2010
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- 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.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- 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.
