Evergreen tree, 25-80 feet tall, with smooth branchlets. Leathery leaves are 3-9.5 inches long. Flowers are fragrant, creamy white with outer greenish tepals, appearing in May to June. Native to mountain forests in western Puerto Rico, at 2600-3200 feet elevation. […]
Magnolia poasana ( Poas Magnolia )
An evergreen tree magnolia growing up to 70 feet tall. Flowers bloom creamy white and fragrant, about 3 inches across. The fruit is 2 inches across, with red seeds. Leaves are smooth on both sides. Flowers between May to June, […]
Magnolia pealiana ( Pealiana Magnolia )
A large evergreen tree. Leaves are elliptic, 7 to 8 inches long, and smooth and leathery. Flowers are 3 to 4 inches across. Native only to the Makum Forest of Assam, India. Locally called ‘Gahori-soppa’. The soft wood is used […]
Magnolia pallescens ( Pale Magnolia )
An evergreen tree, reaching 65 feet tall. Small branches are covered with golden hairs. Leaves are thick and leathery, with yellowish fine hairs on the undersides. The flowers are creamy white, blooming in October. The outer seed coats are dark […]
Magnolia pachyphylla ( Thick-leaved Magnolia )
A small evergreen tree with leathery, smooth leaves. Flowers are white,and fruits are unknown. Native to the Philippine island of Palawan.
Magnolia officinalis ( Biloba Official Magnolia )
A tall tree, reaching 60 to 70 feet tall with rusty brown bark, yellowish twigs. Large leaves are green above, grayish below. Many of the leaves have a notch, forming two lobes. Large 6 to 8 inch blooms are creamy […]
Magnolia nitida ( Glossy Magnolia )
An evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 20 to 50 feet. Bark is grayish brown and the branchlets are smooth. Leaves are bright green, glossy and leathery, with bronzy red new growth. Flowers are creamy white to yellow, 2 to […]
Magnolia mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ ( Vulcan Campbell’s Magnolia )
Hybrid between the cultivar M. campbelli var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ and M. liliiflora. Reaches 30-60 feet in cultivation. Bark is grayish tan, twigs are smooth and tan colored, sometimes can become almost black. The terminal buds are covered with yellow hairs. […]
Magnolia macrophylla ( Norman Gould Umbrella Tree )
Small, open, spreading deciduous tree broadest above the middle with mid-green leaves to 5 inches long. It produces goblet-shaped white flowers 5 inches across with 9 to 12 petals, faintly streaked pink on the outside.
Magnolia macrophylla ( Manchu Fan Umbrella Tree )
Spreading deciduous shrub broadest above the middle with mid-green leaves 8 inches long. In late spring, it produces large, goblet-shaped, creamy white with purple-pink based flowers that are 5 inches across, each with nine petals.