Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
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A graceful native magnolia with creamy white, lemon-scented flowers and leaves that flash silvery beneath in the breeze. Red seeds provide additional fall interest and wildlife value.
About This Plant
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil Moisture
- Medium, Medium to Wet, Wet
- Height
- 10-35 ft
- Spread
- 10-20 ft
- Bloom Time
- Early Summer, Late Spring, Mid Summer
- Bloom Color
- Creamy white
- Garden Uses
- Rain garden; wetland edge; specimen tree; wildlife garden; fragrant garden
Sweetbay Magnolia naturally favors moist to wet, acidic sites and works especially well near streams, ponds, or rain gardens. In Virginia it is often a small, multi-stemmed tree and may be deciduous or semi-evergreen depending on winter conditions.
Good to know: Lemon-scented flowers; silvery leaf undersides; red seeds; often multi-stemmed and deciduous to semi-evergreen in Virginia