General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 60-80 feet
Plant Spread: 30-50 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Parentage: Magnolia virginiana × Magnolia grandiflora

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Common names
  • Hybrid Magnolia
  • Magnolia

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Location: Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 
Date: 07/18/2020
photo by William (Ned) Friedman via Flickr: https://www.flickr.co

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