Magnolia virginiana

Scientific name: Magnolia virginiana

Common name: sweet bay magnolia

Family name: Magnoliaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Jim Wilson’ MOONGLOW

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5 to 10

Mature height and spread:  Height: 10.00 to 35.00 feet; Spread: 10.00 to 35.00 feet

Form: spreading, rounded crown or as a shorter, suckering, open, multi-stemmed shrub.

Water use: Medium to wet

Soil requirements: acidic, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  Oblong-lanceolate shiny green foliage

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): cup-shaped, sweetly fragrant (lemony), 9-12 petaled, creamy white, waxy flowers

Limitations:  Susceptible to chlorosis in alkaline soils.

Suitable uses:  Excellent specimen tree for lawns or tall multi-stemmed shrub for shrub borders.

Quick ID description:  oblong-lanceolate foliage; cup-shaped, fragrant flower

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