Sunday, December 22, 2019

Magnolia "Lois"



A beauty from Brooklyn Botanic Garden (New York, USA) breeding programs. Middle-sized tree producing intense lemon-yellow fragrant cup-shaped flowers that do not fade with age. Flowers are not big but very well formed.   
Hardy, very floriferous, flowering over 4-5 weeks late in the season.
Bred by Dr. Mark Tebbitt.

Botanical name: Magnolia x "Lois".
Other names: "BBG 11/60".
Parentage: M.acuminata x (M.acuminata x M.denudata).
Habit: globular to slightly conical tree.
Height: 6-8m.
Hardiness: USDA zone 4b.
Flowering time: April - May.

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