Find a select number of trees throughout RBG’s oldest garden! Evergreen magnolias such as the Bull Bay Tree or Magnolia Grandiflora are perfect for evergreen screening or for training against a south wall producing beautifully large waxy and highly perfumed flowers in late summer. Registered in England and Wales No. Available to buy online and with UK nationwide delivery.

Types of Magnolia Trees – Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flower plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Magnoliaceae family. VAT No 158 9318 27. Deciduous Magnolia Tree Types. Its fragrant white flowers are equally impressive––and equally massive with a length of 12 inches. Many people remove the lower limbs of a magnolia tree to facilitate mowing, but if you leave the lower limbs on the tree they will drape to the ground, hiding the fallen leaves. Suttons, Woodview Road, Paignton, Devon TQ4 7NG.

What’s in Bloom?

Mature size is 15 feet (4.5 m.) or more. This is a medium-sized tree that blooms from mid spring to early summer. There is a wide range of different Magnolia Trees available, and you can find ones that are hardy all the way from zone 4 to zone 9. The bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) is a stunning addition to any native garden.A deciduous magnolia tree species, the leaves are the largest simple leaves found in North America, measuring up to three feet long and one foot wide. Blooms are ever-changing in RBG’s five cultivated garden areas and nature sanctuaries.

Rock Garden. Magnolia acuminata (Cucumber Tree) Hybrid Varieties 8. acuminata Variety: Ivory Chalice.

They are considered some of our most beautiful flowering trees, and some cultivars are hardy into USDA Zone 4 while others are adaptable in warmer Zone 9.

Growing Magnolia Trees. Saucer Magnolia: Saucer and other large-flowered hybrid magnolias are deciduous trees known for their spectacular display of flowers appearing before the foliage in late winter and early spring. This champion Southern Magnolia of Mississippi made its debut on the National Register of Champion Trees in 2017.

1185 York Boulevard, Hamilton. Magnolia trees are easy to grow, and have very attractive foliage that putts of a nice fragrance. The largest and oldest collection of magnolia trees can be found at RBG’s Arboretum. 284448.

The ivory chalice shown below is a cross between a Magnolia acuminata and a Magnolia denudata.

The deciduous ones are the hardiest, but they will also grow well in warmer areas that are not too dry, all the way through zone 9.

There are well over 80 different species of Magnolia trees found around the world. Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) – Cold hardy early bloomer that produces masses of white flowers in late winter and early spring. One of the difficulties of magnolia tree care is managing the large, crispy leaves that continuously fall from the tree. It is the largest known tree of its species in the country as reported to American Forests.