
Saucer Magnolia
- Botanical Name
- Magnolia x soulangeana
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 20 to 30 feet
- Width
- 20 to 30 feet
- Flowers
- Spring: white, pink, purple; often frost damaged
- Fruit
- Aggregate of follicals, lumpy pink structure breaks open to show orange seeds
- Fall Color
- Yellow-brown
- Light
- Full sun to light shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap or container
- Needs good drainage
- Plant in locations that are not prone to late spring frosts
- Problems
- Scale, sooty mold, frost damage to flowers
- Varieties
- Verbanica - blooms later than the species, flowers are rose outside and lighter inside, 25'
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