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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 before they open wide into fascinating, soft p ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 years later. It was made in 1984 as a cross between extremely large-flowered Atlas and ...
IV - V
2 - 3,5m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Genie is a sensational new magnolia from New Zealand. After 15 years of breeding there is eventually a plant that holds its deep red-purple colour well and offers prolonged flowering period. The hybridizing process was truly awesome, if you are interested in how this jewel came to life follow its hi ...
V - VI
1 - 3m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 m.tripetala.It makes leaves first, and only at the end of spring it shows a magnificen ...
V - VI
3 - 5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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. The flowers open in ...
IV - V
3 - 6m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shirazz (two zeds) is a lush magnolia variety from New Zealand. It is a cross between magnolia denudata and magnolia Vulcan. The result is a profusion of vibrant claret red flowers with paler interior. They are fragrant and come out along strictly upright branches like closed tulips, opening wide a ...
IV - IV
3 - 5m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bracken’s Brown Beauty, commonly shortened to BBB, is one of the hardiest and reliable southern magnolias. It was selected as a chance seedling by Ray Bracken in his nursery in Easley in South Carolina, USA, in 1968. Further 15 years of vegetative propagation confirmed stable behaviour so in 1 ...
VI - IX
4 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergreen (bull bay) magnolia is the queen of flowering trees and a typical plant of our nursery. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time hardiest varieties. Nannetensis® is a French variety that gained popularity at the turn of the millennium, probably thanks to internet that spread ...
VI - IX
3 - 8m
3 - 5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, mid-green flashed with ...
V - VI
6 - 10m
3 - 6m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, the plant had already been sent fro ...
VII - VIII
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 result was a stunning magnolia with firm flowers of elongated tepals. They ar ...
IV - V
4 - 7m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, fresh green above and glaucous be ...
VI - VII
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese breeder Seiju Yamaguchi from Mizunami-shi in Prefecture Gigu has been working with mahonias for some time now. In 2023, he comes with a completely unique product – a hybrid of threadleaf mahonia which is the world's first registered variety with golden yellow flowers and orange buds. ...
X - XI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Trilobata crabapple is a rare and unusual plant that is not difficult to grow butyet quite difficult to source. Its most specific feature is the leaf shape – it looks like a merge between maple and hawthorn. The leaves are not large but their prominent lobes are a good giveaway. They are decid ...
VI - VI
7 - 13m
2 - 5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bog myrtle is a deciduous shrub found in moist and constantly waterlooged areas all around Northern Hemisphere. It makes small, inversely lance-shaped or narrowly obovate, dark green to slightly blue-green leaves, and fragrant flowers from mid spring. The flowers are yellow green to golden yellow, e ...
V - V
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full sun
1 (down to -46°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Northern bayberry is native to eastern coast of North America, and obviously Pennsylvania where its name comes from. It is probably the showiest of all hardy myricas thanks to its light green, leathery, and highly glossy foliage which resembles pittosporum. Leaves are 4-6 cm long, undulated, inverse ...
V - V
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
