Thursday, March 5, 2020

Magnolia "Black Tulip"

Photo: Roy A. Edwards. Licensed under a CC BY 3.0 New Zealand
One of the darkest gems from New Zealand, "Black Tulip" has goblet-shaped, heavy textured flowers to 15cm across that are a beautiful port-wine red color, more intense than "Vulcan", its seed parent. Blooms freely from a young age in the middle of the season. 
Selected by Mark Jury (Taranaki, New Zealand).

Botanical name: Magnolia x "Black Tulip".
Parentage: M."Vulcan" x M."Iolanthe".
Habit: compact tree.
Height: 5-6m.
Hardiness: USDA zone 7a and warmer parts of USDA zone 6b.
Flowering time: April - May.

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