Hybrid Magnolias Magnolia hybrids
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- Description
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Hybrid Magnolias are trees or shrubs and are among the most beautiful and popular landscape plants. A number of hybrid magnolias have been developed to provide a wider range of sizes, shapes and floral characteristics. They can range anywhere from 8 to 40 feet tall. The flowers are fragrant pink, purple, white or yellow saucer-shaped flowers usually in spring.
Most prefer full sun in acidic moist well-drained soils. Use them as a flowering tree, in the shrub border or as specimens.
Disease, pests, and problems: Magnolia scale, Verticillium wilt, chlorosis in high pH soils.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Ann'
- 'Elizabeth'
- 'Goldfinch'
Hybrid with Light yellow flowers - 'Gresham'
Saucer Magnolia hybrid - 'Susan'
- 'Ann'
- 'Ann', 'Elizabeth', 'Goldfinch', 'Gresham', 'Susan'
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!['Susan' flower](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Hybrid_Magnolia_Magn_Xd0353x2Z7lx.jpeg)
![Elizabeth' flower'](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia_Elizabeth_LijM5YKfWc8M.jpeg)
!['Ann' leaves, spring, Durham County, NC](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia_x_Ann-lea_GmZhPphP6Lso.jpg)
![Magnolia 'Archangel' Flowers March Warren County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia-Archangel-S_5g16LHYfFAJv.jpeg)
!['Goldfinch' Bark - November - Wake Co., NC](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia-Goldfinch-l_zJX91I955lJb.jpeg)
!['Goldfinch' Buds - November - Wake Co., NC](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia-Goldfinch-l_dMGqQiG7E2bL.jpeg)
!['Goldfinch' Leaves - November - Wake Co., NC](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia-Goldfinch-l_Se1IaLEHkKEi.jpeg)
!['Gresham' Branches/Flowers - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Magnolia-soulangeana_WKj10otJ5ZsE.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Hybrid_Magnolia_Magn_knusreWECcVn.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia_Elizabeth_izIHHfwBuZiF.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia_x_Ann-lea_b0hjjK5YpH4r.jpg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia-Archangel-S_ii95QT3BvZIv.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia-Goldfinch-l_HwuSQBQ6pB3e.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia-Goldfinch-l_C1YEvHcBqCHl.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia-Goldfinch-l_HCIIG8VA4ZnF.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/thumb_sm/Magnolia-soulangeana_lcdz2zZYXXGM.jpeg)
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Ann'
- 'Elizabeth'
- 'Goldfinch'
Hybrid with Light yellow flowers - 'Gresham'
Saucer Magnolia hybrid - 'Susan'
- 'Ann'
- 'Ann', 'Elizabeth', 'Goldfinch', 'Gresham', 'Susan'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Magnolia
- Species:
- hybrids
- Family:
- Magnoliaceae
- Dimensions:
- Height: 15 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 15 ft. 0 in. - 25 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Shrub
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Multi-stemmed
- Pyramidal
- Rounded
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Head
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Saucer
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No