Monday, February 24, 2020

Magnolia "Golden Joy"

Photo: Roy A. Edwards. Licensed under a CC BY 3.0 New Zealand
Being a significant improvement of the good old Magnolia brooklynensis cultivar 'Yellow Bird', 'Golden Joy' has some of the largest, deepest yellow flowers of any of the yellow-flowered magnolias. Tulip-shaped, golden-yellow flowers can be about twice as large as the mother variety. Very hardy. Bred and selected by Ian Baldick (Ramarama, Auckland region of New Zealand).

Botanical name: Magnolia x "Golden Joy".
Parentage: M.'Yellow Bird' x (M.x brooklynensis) F2 hybrid.
Habit: upright tree.
Height: 6-8m.
Hardiness: USDA zone 4b.
Flowering time: May - June.

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