Evergreen growth to twelve feet high by six feet wide.Be on the watch for new cultivars of this handsome species as several large nurseries are selecting seedlings and developing hybrids with even better characteristics. This moderately fast growing shrub, formerly known as Michelia yunnanensis, is always at its best. New growth emerges and next year’s flower buds ensconced in deep brown fur nestle in each leaf axil on year-old wood. Sculpted, round, deep green leaves with a subtle layer of brown indumentum are an ideal backdrop to the spring show that continues for up to three weeks. As the four-inch wide flowers open, they emit a powerful lemony sweet perfume that is detectable at least 20 feet away on a warm mid-spring day. This relatively rare evergreen shrub is not only dapper and restrained in size, it greets mid-spring with a bodacious show of large ivory flowers that emerge from brown velvet-clad buds. Photo: Greg Shepherd/Xera Plantsĭiscover a nose-bending evergreen magnolia for small gardens: Magnolia laevifolia
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