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Susan Magnolia

Scientific name: Magnolia spp. 'Susan'
Taxonomy
Family:Magnoliaceae
Type:Deciduous shrubs
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:4 to 8
Sun:Full to partial sun
Moisture:Medium
Plant Characteristics
Height:12 ft
Width:12 ft
Bloom:Fragrant flowers
Bloom Time:April
Bloom Color:Lavender
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description The hybrid magnolia cultivar was developed at the National Arboretum in the mid-1950s. It has very beautiful fuchsia flowers that appear in April. Noted to have a citrus-like fragrance.

  Morphology:
This is deciduous shrub that can grow to 12’ in height and 12’ in width. The cultivar ‘Susan’ is a cross between Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ and Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’. The bloom appears late in the spring thus reported to lesson the effect of spring frost. The bloom comes on slightly before the foliage forms. The literature reports that bloom can range from white and yellow to pink and purple. There are 6 tepals to each flower.

Leaves are ovate in shape and up to 6” in length. In the fall the foliage turns yellow before it is shed for the winter.

  Adaptation:
Best grown in moist, organically rich, acidic, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade

  Pests:
None reported.
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