Magnolia 'JANE'

In 1955 and 1956 several crosses between m.liliflora and m.stellata were made at the U.S. National Arboretum by William F. Kosar and Dr. Francis de Vos. These selections bloom two-four weeks later than other spring blooming magnolias, reducing the possibility of frost damage to minimum.
This girl named Jane has cup-shaped, very fragrant flowers. Their colour is bright purple-pink on the outside and almost white inside. There are 10 tepals and fully open bloom is about 10 cm wide. The shrub is rounded like a wide tulip, somewhat regular, with branches growing upwards. Flowers already when young. It does not require pruning at all. As it has flower buds at the ends of last-year’s branches should you need to cut something off do it immediately after flowering in the spring. It does not like re-planting from ground to ground as it takes 1 or even 2 years to re-establish, and in the meanwhile producing inferior foliage and minimum flowers. Choose your container-grown magnolia a perfect location in which you will leave it forever and ever. It has attractive bright green foliage, some of which often turns coppery red in the summer. Needs a warm, sunny spot, a lot of moisture and acidic soil. Fully hardy.