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What Is a Japanese Magnolia Tree?
What Is a Japanese Magnolia Tree?. Japanese magnolia, or Magnolia x soulangiana, trees are hybrids of Yulan and lily magnolias. Also called saucer or tulip tree magnolias, they are useful as specimens, groupings or patio trees.
Japanese magnolia, or Magnolia x soulangiana, trees are hybrids of Yulan and lily magnolias. Also called saucer or tulip tree magnolias, they are useful as specimens, groupings or patio trees.
Identification
Japanese magnolia trees grow approximately 25 feet tall with a 25-foot spread. They have rounded crowns, smooth light gray bark and thick grayish-brown stems. Their simple dark-green leaves, which grow between 3 and 6 inches in length, change to yellowish-green in the fall. Japanese magnolia trees produce 5- to 10-inch fragrant pink, purple or white blossoms in early spring before the leaves emerge.
Features
Japanese magnolia trees are available in a number of different cultivars. The Alexandrina or Alexandrina Dark Clone produces 10-inch rose purple blossoms; the Verbanica, a cold-hardy variety, produces rose-colored blossoms, while the Lennei Alba cultivar produces solid white flowers.
Cultivation
Japanese magnolia trees grow in USDA hardiness zones 4 through 9. They prefer full sunlight or partial shade and moist, acidic soil. Early-blooming flowers are susceptible to frost damage.
