1. Botanical Name
MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA

2. mag - NOL - yah grand-i- FLOR -ah
Pronunciation
mag - NOL - yah grand-i- FLOR -ah

3. Common Name
Southern Magnolia

5. Family
MAGNOLIACEAE

6. Life Cycle
Evergreen perennial

8. Growth Habit
Tree
Height 50’ - 80’
Width 30’ - 60’
Upright/ Pyramidal

9. Arrangement
Alternate

10. Leaf
Length 4” - 10”
Width 2” - 5”

11. Margin
Entire

13. Veins
Pinnate

14. Composition
Simple

16. Flower
Late Spring
Creamy White/8” to 12” in diameter

19. Fruit
Fall
Red follicles

21. Exposure
Sun
Part shade

22. Growth
Slow to medium

23. Use
Specimen

24. Description Widely used and planted in the South
Yankees would kill to be able to grow this tree

26. Description
Many cultivars with varying leaf sizes - ‘Jane’, ‘Braken’s Brown Beauty’, ‘Little Gem’

27. Cultural Practices Transplant in winter or early spring
Soil should be rich, porous, and well drained

28. Problems
Continuous leaf fall requiring cleanup if lower branches pruned

29. Zones
7 to 9

30. Native of
Southern USA