Magnolia 'Princess Margaret'
Family - Magnoliaceae
Category - Tree
Year of Introduction - 1957
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H4
Height - 6m or more
Width - 5m
Location - The Stream Area
Description: A small, Deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit. Large, dark green leaves are Elliptic to ovate. Each leaf can reach 25cm in length. Enormous cup and saucer-shaped flowers are creamy-white and flushed with magenta-pink. The flowers each have a large central cluster of pink stamens. Each Bloom can reach nearly 30cm across. The flowers are held singly on the branches and are produced from early to mid-spring before the leaves emerge.
Flower:
Large, cup and saucer-shaped flowers are creamy-white and flushed with magenta-pink. The flowers each have a prominent cluster of pink stamens and each bloom can reach nearly 30cm across. The flowers are held singly on the branches and are produced in March and April.
Flower colour: White, pink
Flower shape: Cup and saucer-shaped flowers held singly
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Large, dark green leaves are Elliptic to ovate in shape. Each leaf can reach 25cm in length. The leaves emerge after the flowers are produced and are Alternately arranged on the branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to elliptic
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.