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Magnolia virginiana

 
Magnolia virginiana

Common name sweetbay magnolia
Family magnoliaceae
Life cycle tree (Z5-10)
Flowers white (spring)
Size 10-35'
Light sun-part shade
Cultural notes medium to moist, acidic soil

Tree (often multi-trunked or shrub-like) native to the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. Its creamy white, cup-shaped, fragrant flowers are smaller than those of many other magnolias (2-3" diameter); they appear in mid-spring and sporadically through summer; they evolve into fruits with bright red seeds in autumn. Elongated leaves are shiny green on top with silvery undersides, evergreen in the warmer parts of its range.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: right fence border

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