Magnolias

Athene is a large-flowered magnolia hybrid, a cross between magnolia „Mark Jury“ and magnolia x soulangeana „Lennei Alba“. The flowers have almost white petals with deep red or purple r ...


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Magnolia 'ATLAS'
(magnolia)

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 'BETTY'
(girl magnolia)

Betty’s flowers are deep purple outside and almost white inside, there are up to 19 narrow, long petals which in full bloom open like a star as much as 20 cm wide with strong citrus scent. It has attractive bright green foliage, some of which often turns coppery red in the summer ...


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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 'BUTTERFLIES'
(cucumber magnolia)

Another unique jewel among magnolias is this yellow flowering hybrid. It is a cross between m.denudata and m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia). It was raised by Phil Savage in Michigan, USA, in 1988 and patented three years later. Medium-sized flowers are unusual and truly gorgeous. The colour is cl ...


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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 '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 'GEORGE HENRY KERN'
(magnolia)

George Henry Kern magnolia is a breeding success from the USA. It is a cross between magnolia stellata and m ...


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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 'IAN's RED'
(magnolia)

Following market’s thirst (or even hunger) for magnolias of the deepest and vibrant colour shades we are introducing a spectacular variety from New Zealand, again, this time bred by one of the most respectable magnolia breeders Ian Baldick. Its name is Ian’s Red and ...


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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 'MANCHU FAN'
(magnolia)

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. ...


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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 '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 'SATISFACTION'
(magnolia)

Satisfaction is a European novelty among magnolias from 2002. Its origin is not known, however, so far it has proven to be a real winner. Satisfaction is a small or mid-sized magnolia with mid-sized to large blossoms. The outside colour is deep burgundy red and pure white in ...


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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 '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 '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 '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 'YELLOW RIVER'
(Yellow River magnolia)

This magnolia variety has only recently been imported from China, under the name Fei Huang. It is a sensational plant with large yellow flowers. It belongs to magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia) group, however, we have not been able to search for the exact breeding details. The Chinese ...


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Magnolia 'Jurmag1' BLACK TULIP®
(magnolia)

Another jewel among magnolias came from New Zealand, again, and was raised by Mark Jury. Its name is Black Tulip® and has been sought after thanks to its very deep purple colour of flowers. They are rich purple in colour, not too large – only about 10-15 cm across, go ...


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Magnolia BURGUNDY STAR™
(magnolia)

Burgundy Star™ magnolia is another success by Mark Jury, son of Felix Jury, renowned for the famous New Zealand based 'magnolia breeding factory'. This jewel is a cross between large-flowered Vulcan and liliiflora Nig ...


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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 grandiflora 'FRANCOIS TREYVE'
(southern magnolia)

Francois Treyve evergreen magnolia is more compact than the species. It bears deep green, glossy, broadly ovate or almost rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown leathery undersides that protect them from drying winds and cold. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. The ...


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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 stellata 'ROSEA'
(star magnolia)

Star magnolia is a one of the earliest magnolias to flower in March already if the weather is nice and warm. Rosea is a popular variety with star-shaped, light pink flowers with a lovely scent. As it blooms on bare branches early in the spring we recommend placing it in front of ...


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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)

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 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 'MERRILL'
(Loebner magnolia)

Merrill is a Lobner magnolia variety with white flowers. They are star-shaped, with a cup-shaped calyx. It has an advantage of 1-2 weeks later flowering as opposed to star magnolias (m.stellata) which can be damaged during early flowering by late night frost. Flowers appear on b ...


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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
(saucer magnolia)

It was in 1826 when the very first bloom of this famous saucer magnolia came into the world. It was bred by French botanist Etienne Soulange-Bodin who 6 years before that success made a cross between m.denudata and m.liliflora. It blooms on bare branches with beautifully scented, gob ...


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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 ...


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