Description

Magnolia "Nigra" is a medium size deciduous shrub which grows from 3 to 4.5 metres high and wide with an erect and branching stem which produces mid to dark green leaves, downy on the undersides tapering to a point. It produces fragrant, large, dark wine, purple flowers that are pale purple inside and are borne among the leaves from mid-spring to mid-summer. It is a variety that is frost resistant but drought tender.