Magnolia grandiflora - Laurel Magnolia

Description

Among the grandest and most beautiful evergreen flowering trees. Native to south easten USA where impressive aged specimans to 30 x 15m flourish in rich swamplands. Large handsome elliptic to ovate, deep green glossy leaves to 20 x 9cm rusty-brown felted beneath. Large 25cm powerfully fragrant waxy white flowers turning buff with age produced through summer and autumn. Somewhat variable in form, but easily trained to a single trunk. With lower branches removed it makes an ideal shade tree. May be shaped into virtually any form without resenting heavy pruning for size reduction if necessary. Ideal street lawn or patio tree and good in containers. Evergreen

Dimensions: 7 x 5 metres