Sunday, March 8, 2020

Magnolia "Chyverton Dark"

Photo: Roy A. Edwards. Licensed under a CC BY 3.0 New Zealand
Large, deciduous, shrubby tree producing fragrant rose-purple flowers 20-25cm across, with long rosy stamens. Glossy green leaves are fuzzy below. It tends to be biennial flowering with heavy and light bloom years.

Botanical name: Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta "Chyverton Dark".
Other names: Magnolia sargentiana "Dark Form", "Chyverton Dark Form".
Parentage: unknown; mother tree grows in Chyverton Gardens (Cornwall, Great Britain)..
Habit: widely spreading tree.
Height: 8-10m.
Hardiness: USDA zone 7b.
Flowering time: March - April.

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