Pink buds open to pale pink flowers, interior almost white. Deciduous shrubs, reaching 5-15 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs are greeny-yellow. Terminal buds are covered with silvery hairs. Leaves are smooth and dark green with […]
Magnolia kobus ( Keiskei Star Magnolia )
A shrubby growth habit, smaller purplish flowers. Has been long cultivated in Japan. Similar to ‘Rubra’. Deciduous shrubs, reaching 5-15 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs are greeny-yellow. Terminal buds are covered with silvery hairs. Leaves […]
Magnolia kobus ( Janaki Ammal Kobus Magnolia )
A colchicine induced polyploid form, originating at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley. Some consider it a cultivar of M. kobus var. stellata. Deciduous trees or shrubs, reaching 80 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs […]
Magnolia kobus ( George Henry Kern Star Magnolia )
Deciduous shrubs, reaching 5-15 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs are greeny-yellow. Terminal buds are covered with silvery hairs. Leaves are smooth and dark green with paler green undersides. The white flowers are fragrant tinged with […]
Magnolia kobus ( Encore Kobus Magnolia )
White blooms with pink at the base, 18-25 tepals. A compact growth habit, with flowering over an extended period of time. Selected from ‘Ballerina’ seedlings, 1991. Large shrubs or small trees, with pink or white flowers, 11-16 narrow tepals. It […]
Magnolia kobus ( Dr. Massey Star Magnolia )
Pink flower buds open to white flowers. Deciduous shrubs, reaching 5-15 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs are greeny-yellow. Terminal buds are covered with silvery hairs. Leaves are smooth and dark green with paler green undersides. […]
Magnolia kobus ( Dawn Star Magnolia )
Pale pink flowers with over 30 tepals. Selected in 1975. Deciduous shrubs, reaching 5-15 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs are greeny-yellow. Terminal buds are covered with silvery hairs. Leaves are smooth and dark green with […]
Magnolia kobus ( Centennial Star Magnolia )
Flowers white with a pink tinge, 5 inches across. Selected from a ‘Rosea’ seedling and named at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard, in 1972. Deciduous shrubs, reaching 5-15 feet tall with rough brown or silvery gray bark. Twigs are greeny-yellow. […]
Magnolia kachirachirai ( Kachirachirai Magnolia )
A large evergreen tree reaching 60 feet, can have a 3 foot trunk diameter. Leaves are dark green, glossy and leathery above, pale green on lower surfaces. Creamy yellow flowers are 1-2 inches diameter. Native to forests of China, at […]
Magnolia hondurensis ( Honduran Magnolia )
An upright evergreen tropical tree magnolia. Smooth greenish gray bark with fragile black twigs. Leaves are green and glossy above, light green and covered in fine rusty colored hairs below. Flowers are white, fleshy and fragrant. Native to Honduran cloud […]
