Description

Magnolia "Massey Rose" is a compact, deciduous shrub with an erect stem and spreading branches with elongated, oval leaves which grows from 3 to 4.5 metres high and wide. It produces fragrant, rich pink, star-like shaped flowers with reflexed petals before the leaves emerge in late winter/early spring. It will flower from an early age. It is a variety that is frost, drought and wind tender but copes quite well in colder locations.

Magnolia "Merril" is a hybrid cross variety between M. kobus and a pink form of M. stellata which grows to 9 metres tall by 8 metres wide. It is a medium size, deciduous shrub with blunt dark to paler-green leaves and produces large white many petalled flowers, faintly flushed pink before and after the leaves emerge in late winter/early spring. It is a variety that is frost resistant but drought tender and copes quite well in colder locations.

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.

Magnolia "Exmouth" is a large conical shaped tree which produces flowers from an early age in life. It is a cultivated evergreen Magnolia which forms a dense 18 to 24 metre dome of deep green leathery leaves which are rust coloured underneath. It produces large, fragrant creamy-white ‘cup’ shaped flowers in late summer, followed by cucumber-like pods containing brilliant red seeds. It is one of the hardier varieties that is frost resistant but drought tender and is able to cope quite well in colder locations.