Summary
The large, purple, pink and white tulip-shape flowers of the Japanese magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana) are popping in the South and will be progressing northward as the weather warms, making you wish you had planted one or two. The Japanese magnolia, also called saucer magnolia, is a cross reportedly made by one of Napoleon's retired soldiers. It has a wide range of hardiness from Zones 4 through 9.
These huge flowers produced in late winter and early spring are a sight long remembered. Over the past few years they have been exceptional in bloom. They might be at your garden center now, depending on where you live.See the full content of this document
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Saucer Magnolias Start Their Bloom
Your Japanese magnolias also might be dormant like the ones in your neighborhood. Since they will not be blooming yet, the demand will be l...
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