Monday, December 30, 2019

Magnolia "Purple Queen"

Photo by KENPEI (CC BY-SA 3.0, scaled and cropped)

A cultivar of evergreen Magnolia figo producing dark purple colored flower and darker colored foliage. Flowers are up to 6 cm in diameter.
Selected by Akira Shibamichi (Kawaguchi City, Japan).

Botanical name: Magnolia figo "Purple Queen".
Other names: Michelia figo var.crassipes "Purple Queen", Michelia figo "Purple Queen", Michelia "Purple Queen".
Parentage: open-pollinated seedling of Magnolia figo.
Habit: Upright, pyramidal compact evergreen shrub or small tree.
Height: 2-3m.
Hardiness: USDA zone 7b.
Flowering time: June - July.

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