Makes a excellent center piece for the Dining room table!
Smells wonderful too!
Southern Magnolia
Had to climb up among the banana trees and bamboo to get grab her down!
Alrighty now...these are OUTside????? ^_^
Yes,I bought that s magnolia about 8 yrs ago,4ft tall and just a skinny trunk for $22 bucks,it wasn't really a very good looking tree,but I always wanted one since I lived a short while in Louisiana in early 1960.
Its a tree you don't see in Kansas,so I grabbed it,there are cases of a few of them growing on the south side of brick buildings in a micro climate,but I planted this one in my frontyard.Its about 25ft now,this year has had a its most blooms ever.
Amazing! I have a dwarf magnolia which is prefect size for my townhouse yard - not to mention all the sun loving plants that have been planted out there...however....as pretty as her pink blooms are early spring...there is no scent....
Well its prettiness,makes up for that loss!!!
Tis true...tis true...
Let me ask this. I would love to have a Southern Magnolia. Not only do I like the flowers but the scent is stunning. Lately, I have been choosing plants more on scent then anything else. As I understand it Magnolias require plenty of sun. Sun is something I don't have much of. But I have been looking at Magnolia varieties that will grow in the shade. I have noticed several of the more common varieties can handle shade. For example, Magnolia sieboldii is intensely fragrant, grows in filtered shade, and has very nice showy flowers. I once saw another Magnolia that was yellow in color and was advertised as the most fragrant of all Magnolias. But I can no longer find the ad that listed a yellow fragrant Magnolia. I did find something from Brooklyn Gardens, but no mention of scent was provided. What are my options for a Magnolia that is intensely fragrant and can tolerate filtered shade rather than direct sun? Ideas?
Ohhh waiting to hear the answer on this one....
Best flowering will always be full sun,but you might get by growing one with less blooms in filtered shade,but it would grow at a very slow pace,and it would never have a great amount of leaves,here's a link with some good info!
http://www.greergardens.com/magnolias1.htm
Great place to start. THe list is long enough Ihave plenty of reading ot do. Anybody else have thoughts on Magnolia ssp.?