Catalog Description
Late flowering despite lingering frost makes this Magnolia offer color into early summer. Tall, columnar form is versatile for city gardens and side yards. Light blush pink flowers are a generous 8 to 10 inches wide and are going strong while other saucer Magnolias are through. Deciduous. Full sun. Slow to moderate growth to 18 feet tall and just 4 feet wide. |
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate grower to 18 ft. tall, 4 ft. wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
Late flowering despite lingering frost makes this Magnolia offer color into early summer. Tall, columnar form is versatile for city gardens and side yards. Light blush pink flowers are 8 to 10 inches wide. Deciduous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a formal appearance, shear annually after flowering. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Columnar |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 9 (>120 to 150 days) |
| Low: | 5 (>30 to 45 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 9 (20 to 30 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 6 (-10 to 0 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Large, blue-tinged saucer-shaped flowers
| Flower Color |
| Pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Spring. |
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Propagation
| Best time to Prune |
| Winter |
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Attributes
Attractive Fruit
Fragrant
Fruit-Bearing
Showy Flowers
Spring Flowering
Summer Flowering
Year-round Interest
Deer Resistant |
Foliage
Long, thick
| Foliage Shape | Ovate |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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