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Hybridizing and crossing brings new and better varieties of magnolias that have features never seen before. Mark Jury from New Zealand continues this work that was started in 1960´s by his late father Felix. ´Atlas´ is one of his fantastic results, a cross between Magnolia 'Mark Jury' and ...


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Magnolia 'BLACK BEAUTY'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'BLUE OPAL'
(magnolia)

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. Blue Opal ...


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Magnolia 'CHARLES COATES'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'CLEOPATRA' ^PBR
(magnolia)

Cleopatra is another magnolia success by a renowned magnolia breeder Vance Hooper from New Zealand. It is a cross between Sweet Simplicity and B ...


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Magnolia 'CORAL LAKE'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'DAPHNE'
(magnolia)

If you like the spring profusion of blooming magnolias, look at this yellow rarity. Probably the best yellow magnolia so far was raised by a Belgian breeder, Philippe de Spoelberch. It is a cross between ´Miss Honeybee´ a ´Gold Crown´. It is called Daphne. Its flowers are deep yell ...


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Magnolia 'DAYBREAK'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'ELIZABETH'
(Elizabeth magnolia)

The name of this magnolia hybrid has nothing to do with the British queen. Obviously, it does not come from the UK but the USA. And story tells the following. Quite a few decades ago – in 1957 – Evamaria Sperber planted a newly hybridized seed in the Brooklyn ...


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Magnolia 'FELIX' (Felix Jury)
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'GALAXY'
(magnolia)

Galaxy magnolia was raised at U.S. National Arboretum in 1963, as a cross between purple-pink m. liliiflora ‚Nigra‘ and large-flowered m. sprengeri ...


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Magnolia 'GENIE'
(magnolia)

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 ...


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Magnolia 'GOLDSTAR'
(Goldstar magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'JADE LAMP'
(magnolia)

Jade Lamp is a Chinese magnolia introduction, a selection of m. denudate, possibly crossed with pollen from another species. It produces large, almost white, semi-double flowers flushed green at the base of the calyx owing ...


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Magnolia 'LIVINGSTONE'
(magnolia)

Livingstone magnolia is a cross between m. sprengeri ‘Diva’ and m. ‘Vulcan’. Sprenger’s magnolia is often used in hybridization for flower size and fragrance, and Vulcan was surely chosen for t ...


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Magnolia 'MAXINE MERRILL'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'NORMAN GOULD'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'OLD PORT'
(magnolia)

Old Port magnolia is a Vance Hooper hybrid from 1992 when this cross of Sweet Simplicity seedling and magnolia liliiflora Nigra first flowered. It bears gor ...


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Magnolia 'PEACHY'
(magnolia)

Peachy is an impressive hybrid magnolia when it comes to both tree size and flower colour. It forms slender, almost fastigiate, tall shrubs or trees with fragrant flowers of a sweet peachy colour. They are composed of 9 pet ...


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Magnolia 'PURPLE SENSATION'
(magnolia)

This new magnolia is for everyone who fell in love with Lanarth variety and its deep purple red cup shaped flowers. It is another of its new clones with large flowers whose deeper colour is present both outside and inside the petals, ...


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Magnolia 'RASPBERRY FUN'
(magnolia)

Raspberry Fun magnolia is a chance seedling of m. x loebneri Leonard Messel selected by Carl Ferris Miller in Korea in 1987. It produces slightly larger flowers wit ...


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Magnolia 'SHIRAZZ'
(magnolia)

Shirazz (two zeds) is a lush magnolia variety from New Zealand. It is a cross between magnolia denudata and magnolia


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Magnolia 'SPECTRUM'
(magnolia)

Spectrum is a magnolia hybrid from 1963. It was bred by W.Kosar from the US National Arboretum as a cross between magnolia liliiflora Nigra and m ...


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Magnolia 'STAR WARS'
(magnolia)

Star Wars is a luxury gem among magnolias. It is a cross between m. campbellii and m. liliiflora producing extra-large, brilliant pink flowers that are 20-25 cm across and sweetly fragrant. They open in April and bloom for ...


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Magnolia 'SUNRISE'
(magnolia)

Sunrise is a beautiful new magnolia from 2009. We could not trace any information about its breeder or patent, all we found was a note that it arrived from China which probably explains a lot. Nevertheless, we have a pictur ...


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Magnolia 'SUSAN'
(girl magnolia)

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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Magnolia 'SWEET MERLOT'
(magnolia)

Sweet Merlot is another New Zealand gem bred by magnolia guru Vance Hooper from 2004. It rose from the same breeding of m. x soulangeana ‘Sweet Simplicity’ which was used as a parent for its slow and compact gro ...


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Magnolia 'SWEET VALENTINE'
(Sweet Valentine magnolia)

Someone has sweet seventeen, others may have Sweet Valentine. This is the name of one the many soulangeana type magnolias. And to have this rarity at home is a true win. It is a cross between magnolias “Sweet Simplicity” and “Black Tulip”, where both plan ...


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Magnolia 'VENUS'
(magnolia)

Venus is a fascinating magnolia variety from Germany. From about mid April produces abundance of 14-16 cm large, fragrant flowers of noble shape. They are peony-shaped as they emerge and open into lotus-like shape in maturi ...


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Magnolia 'VULCAN'
(magnolia)

Vulcan is an awesome magnolia hybrid raised in New Zealand by Felix Jury in 1990. Yet before it got its attention by gardening public it was used for further hybridizing and became a parent for excellent varieties such as < ...


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Magnolia 'WADA'S MEMORY'
(magnolia)

Another superb selection among magnolias is this beautiful cross between magnolia kobus and magnolia salicifolia, sometimes identified as magnolia x kewensis. It was registered in 1959 and named after Japanese botanist Koichiro Wada who helped with introduction of Japanese species to the west. It be ...


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Magnolia 'GOLDEN GIFT'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia denudata
(Yulan magnolia)

Yulan magnolia is the most spectacular species among white flowering magnolias. The flowers are snow white and appear on bare branches in April. The bark is quite dark and offers a nice contrast to the flowers. Deciduous leaves are oval to obovate, upto 15 cm long, mid green of a shade that remai ...


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Magnolia grandiflora 'KAY PARRIS'
(southern magnolia)

Evergreen - bull bay magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Ever since Little Gem bull ...


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Magnolia grandiflora 'LITTLE GEM'
(southern magnolia)

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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Magnolia grandiflora 'MARYLAND'
(southern magnolia)

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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Magnolia grandiflora ALTA® ('T.M.G.H.')
(southern magnolia)

ALTA® is a gorgeous southern magnolia of dense habit and narrowly columnar, very elegant shape that looks like a candle flame. From the first hot days of summer large – 20-24 cm across, creamy white, strongly swe ...


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Magnolia grandiflora 'GOLIATH'
(southern magnolia)

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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Magnolia kobus
(Japanese magnolia)

Japanese magnolia belongs among the tallest, fastest growing, and the hardiest magnolias of the planet. It is native to Japan (and Korea) where it was named after Japanese word kobushi which means fist and relates to the shape of opening flower buds. Flowers are ab ...


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Magnolia liliiflora 'NIGRA'
(magnolia)

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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Magnolia officinalis
(Houpu magnolia)

Houpu magnolia is a rare taxon native to Chinese hills and mountains formerly found at altitudes of 300-1500 m. It is distinguished by large leaves and fragrant white flowers on fully leaved-out plants. Flowers are creamy-white to pale butter-yellow, 10-14 cm acro ...


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Magnolia stellata
(star magnolia)

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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Magnolia tripetala
(umbrella magnolia)

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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Magnolia virginiana
(sweet bay)

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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Magnolia virginiana 'GLAUCA'
(sweet bay)


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Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' MOONGLOW
(sweet bay)

Imagine passing by a green bush with pretty leaves but before you even take a glance at it you are struck by a cloud of highly sweet and pleasant fragrance coming from flowers that are only about 6-8 cm across. As if moonstruck your nose is dragged closer to the plant to look for the perfume source. ...


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Magnolia x brooklynensis 'HATTIE CARTHAN'
(Brooklyn hybrid magnolia)

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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Magnolia x brooklynensis 'YELLOW BIRD'
(Yellow Bird magnolia)

“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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Magnolia x loebneri 'LÉONARD MESSEL'
(star magnolia)

Loebner magnolia belongs to the same group as star magnolias. It was bred in England as a cross between m.kobus and m.stellata Rosea. It offers later flowering which helps it escape late frosts in early spring. The star-shaped flowers are white inside and pink outside. As it blo ...


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Magnolia x loebneri 'WILDCAT'
(Loebner magnolia)

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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Magnolia x proctoriana 'SLAVIN'S SNOWY'
(Proctor magnolia)

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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Magnolia x soulangeana 'BIG PINK'
(magnolia)

Big Pink is a magnolia originating in Japan in 1990. It was sent to Overlook Nurseries in Alabama, USA, where it was propagated and sold. Being similar to another soulangeana variety from France called


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Magnolia x soulangeana 'RUSTICA RUBRA'
(saucer magnolia)

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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Magnolia x thompsoniana
(Thompson magnolia)

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 ...