Saucer Magnolia

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection

Source of plant

Weston Nurseries

Description

The inner and middle three sepals narrowly kidney-shaped and usually evenly pink on the exterior, the three outer petals nearly as long as the six inner ones, also pink on the outside, but becoming palertowards the tips. Blooming period is very late, coinciding with that of `Brozzonii' (DS 6). Late-flowering form blooming about the same time as 'Brozzonii'; the petals are rose on the outside, but fade to white at the apex, the inner and medium petals are strap-shaped and usually tinted rose on the outside (DS 9).

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

flowering season