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Common Name: Southern Magnolia, Bull Bay Magnolia
Genus: Magnolia grandiflora
Family: Magnoliaceae
Peniel Road
Columbus, North Carolina
May 12, 2002
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This large evergreen tree has leaves 4-10 inches long that are glossy above and reddish brown and pubescent beneath. The fragrant flowers may be 12 inches across when fully open. Although widely planted over a much larger area, this native of the southeastern U.S. reaches its natural northern limit in the swamp forests and low woods of southeastern North Carolina. May-June [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
The magnolia family contains evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs with large, showy flowers, usually with a large number of petals, sepals, and stamens. To gardeners, the word "magnolia" usually means M. grandiflora, the classic Southern magnolia with glossy leaves and huge, fragrant white flowers, the state flower of Louisiana and Mississippi. Few trees can touch it for year-round beauty. Evergreen tree with pure white, aging buff flowers 8-10 inches across, powerfully fragrant. Carried throughout summer and fall. [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z