Pacific Northwest Gardening: Some Interesting Stuff on the way to the Magnolias, 1 by growin

growin wrote:
Katie59, what a spot for the stellata. They seem to be pretty tough although I bet a bit of mulch might keep more moisture in the soil. I added that Forsythia hedge as I don't see it too often but I can imagine trying to get rid of it.

Rarejem - the trained Flowering Quince I noticed a few years ago but haven't had my camera or the time to stop. I've never seen a trained quince either. I think there's a very hardy Magnolia grandiflora - 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' which I think is known to survive zone 4/5. The problem around here is snow load damage. The only cultivar that sails through snow seems to be 'Victoria' but it doesn't have the nice brown undersides as other cultivars.

Here's a Magnolia that I can't seem to find a record for that is planted as a street tree. In this block there is M. cylindrica, officinalis, denudata, sprengeri Diva but this one looks more like a M. stellata, or more like one of the cultivars like waterfall or royal star. What do you all think?

This message was edited Mar 7, 2010 7:57 PM