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Grandiflora!

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By Stevey


Grandiflora!

Oh what a beautiful scent..and you can smell the lemony scent for miles! We saw these Magnolia Grandifloras in Georgia, USA, and were so taken by them we planted one here. We didn't ecpect it to reach the same scale as the US ones, but it has taken very well, and in 8 years is a really substantial tree, flowering from the second year, and getting more prolific each time..



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Grand ! Lol. :o)

1 Dec, 2009

 

Exotic...

1 Dec, 2009

 

Its beautiful Stevey

1 Dec, 2009

 

Which variety is that one Stevey? I grow 'Exmouth' - my home town

1 Dec, 2009

 

Such a pretty flower and nice pastel colour, lovely when you have scented too.

1 Dec, 2009

 

I only know it as Magnolia Grandiflora..sorry. It is such a lovely tree though, and puts up with our climate well, and it's had to put up with being planted into quite rubbly ground.

2 Dec, 2009

 

I know it as Southern Magnolia. It's beautiful.

7 Dec, 2009

 

The scent is the thing which I love most, althought the blossoms are huge and lovely too..and the tree is pretty attractive.

7 Dec, 2009

 

Lovely cream colour and love the centre

10 Jan, 2010

 

How did this weather over this winter.

7 Mar, 2011

 

6d - mine looks fine

8 Mar, 2011

 

Thank you Andrew was just wondering because of the last winter we had as they say they are not frost hardy, so if I see one going I can buy one.

8 Mar, 2011

 

You often see them planted against the south front of big houses. This gives them added protection and the wall acts wih a night storage heater effect, storing heat during the day and giving it out again in the night. In mild areas, they can be grown as free-standing trees

8 Mar, 2011

 

Thank you Andrew I don't think then this one would survive in my area as I am not in the south and have recently learned that the Midlands where I live gets the coldest weather.

8 Mar, 2011



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