Ashe's Dwarf Bigleaf Magnolia - 3 Gallon Pot
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Ashe's Dwarf Bigleaf Magnolia - 3 Gallon Pot
$99.99
Sale price
$99.99
Regular price
$121.00
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Description
Ashe's Dwarf Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei
Other Names: Ashe Magnolia, Ashe's Magnolia, Deciduous Magnolia, Dwarf Bigleaf Magnolia
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b (6b?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Small Tree
Height at Maturity: 10-15'
Width at Maturity: 10-15'
Growth Habit / Form: Upright Rounded
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: HUGE flowers 12 inches or more in diameter!
Flowering Period: Early Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: Yes!
Foliage Color: Apple Green with Silver undersides
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 - 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
A dwarf version of our North American native Bigleaf Magnolia, Magnolia ashei shares the same massive leaves and flowers of the parent, but grows only half the size to around 15 feet tall and wide. At up to 2 feet long and a foot wide, the big and bold apple-green leaves with striking silver undersides bring a lush, tropical look to the landscape. Equally impressive, giant, sweetly fragrant creamy white flowers with purple centers measuring 12 inches or more in diameter appear from late spring to early summer. You'll be happy to know that this one starts blooming at a much younger age than its parent, usually at 2 to 3 years old. Very rare in cultivation and the wild, Ashe's Magnolia is destined to be a conversation piece that provides spectacular sensory appeal in your landscape.
Landscape & Garden Uses
With an upright habit and rounded form to around 15 feet tall and equally as wide, Ashe's Dwarf Bigleaf magnolia is ideal for use as a large specimen shrub or small tree in sunny to partially shaded landscape and woodland borders. Looks very nice near bodies of water. A fine addition to tropical look gardens, native plant gardens, fragrance gardens and white theme gardens.
Growing Preferences
Ashes Dwarf Bigleaf Magnolia is easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained acidic soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. In drier areas of the deep South, some filtered sun or shade during the hottest mid-afternoon hours of summer will be appreciated. In alkaline soils, apply soil sulfur and/or chelated iron to increase acidity. Pruning usually isn't necessary, however stray or damaged branches can be pruned immediately after flowering in spring. Feed after flowering in spring with a mild organic plant food or a well-balanced shrub and tree food containing iron or sulfur.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, prune, feed and water Southern Magnolia trees.
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