The delicious honey-fragrance of this fine Magnolia is just one of several reasons why this might be the most perfect large shrub for a small garden. As well as the fragrance, there are the flowers: show-stoppingly magnificent goblet-shaped blooms borne on bare branches in late spring. They open in rich pink, and fade to a softer shade, always with a distinctive red stripe down the centre. The foliage is a lovely deep green colour and the slow-growing, compact tree needs minimal maintenance. Choose Magnolia 'Heaven Scent' and enjoy this most beautiful of all specimen trees! Height and spread: 10m (32' 10).
This floriferous spring flowering magnolia produces deep purple-red buds that unfurl to reveal narrow, goblet-shaped fragrant flowers. The petals are gently twisted and deeper in colour on the outside, with paler interiors. Magnolia ?Susan? is the perfect deciduous plant for a small garden with slightly acidic soil, retaining a neat, upright habit. Height: 4m (12?). Spread: 3m (10?).
There are few trees that can claim to be as glamorous as Magnolia 'Galaxy'. This well-known, popular variety certainly deserves its RHS AGM. With maturity, it forms an upright, pyramid shaped tree with ascending branches that makes a magical spring focal point, even in smaller gardens.
Magnolia 'Sunrise' has magnificent, goblet-shaped white flowers with a distinctive red flame pattern. Grown as a standard, this hardy and compact magnolia makes a superb focus point for smaller gardens and woodland planting schemes.
A most attractive variety that makes a large, upright, rounded shrub with maturity. The basal branches are carried low to the ground, with a handsome spreading habit. In early spring, the bare stems are decorated with dazzling white flowers which are flushed with mauve-pink at the base.
Spectacular, rose-pink blooms decorate the branches of Magnolia 'Sunset Swirl' from late April ? just as the foliage is beginning to emerge. Each upward facing bloom is flushed with pale gold, gradually opening to a flat, saucer-shaped flower.
Enormous lilac-pink blooms decorate the naked branches of Magnolia ?Sara Koe? from mid-spring. This magnificent variety matures to a small, low branching, deciduous tree with an attractive rounded habit. It makes a superb individual specimen for a prominent position.
Create a stunning focal point in your garden this spring! Magnolia ?Red Lucky? produces a glorious spring display of pale pink, goblet shaped blooms, each blushed with a deep rose on the outer petals.
This stunning new plant is a real breakthrough in magnolia breeding, retaining a compact habit with stable flower colour, unlike others of its type. Buds of blackish-red open to produce magnificent scented, deep maroon, tulip-shaped flowers.
An amazing new double grafted Magnolia, this standard tree incorporates both 'Back Beauty' and 'Yellow Bird' varieties - both wonderful in their own right, but fantastic brought together onto a single standard stem. 'Black Beauty' boasts sumptuous, deepest purple, almost black tulip shaped flowers with creamy white interiors and a gorgeous fragrance. 'Yellow Bird' bears the most wonderful, scented lemon-yellow flowers, sometimes streaked lime green. Both flower before their leaves appear, so you can really enjoy the amazing blooms A stunning specimen tree in a pot so that you can really apprieciate it, but also happy in the borders. Blooming in late spring and early summer, this extremely hardy tree will make an eye catching focal point wherever you plant it, and as a compact standard, it won't get out of hand. Supplied as a bare root tree, 1.1m - 1.2m (3.5ft) in height, ready to plant.
This new variety is the perfect magnolia for a small garden or for patios and terraces, with a neat compact habit that is very easy to grow and care for.In early spring bare stems are smothered in blush pink feathery flowers which open from rose pink buds. The petals are narrow, a little like 'Stellata' but with a beautiful pink tinge to them and an even more wonderful fragrance. What's more, blooms are much more resistant to late frosts than other magnolias.Mid green leaves appear after the flowers, creating a beautiful ornamental tree that will become a feature in your garden all year long - especially in this standard form, creating a ball of flower and foliage atop a long straight stem. Ideal for adding height to displays, this standard form adds structure to beds and borders and is perfect for creating a feature in a decorative pot on a patio.Easy to care for, it needs little pruning except a light trim to keep shape. It likes a sunny spot but isn't too fussy, tolerating most soils and, being fully winter hardy, you needn't worry about it over the winter.A twist on the classic Magnolia tree, this standard is wonderfully unique, eye-catching and a winner for any garden.
This is a New Zealand bred hybrid with a neat compact habit that makes it better suited to smaller gardens than many varieties. Magnolia 'Sweet Valentine' produces dramatic blooms with a distinctive goblet shape. The deep purple-red flowers break from softly hairy buds in early spring, decorating the bare stems.