PlantsTrees
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Lemon-scented white flowers over a long stretch
ModerateTreesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium–moist
- Mature size
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 12–15 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Jul
- How it spreads
- Small tree, sometimes multi-stem
- What to buy
- Container plants.
- When to plant
- Plant April or September.
In the design
More reliable here than people expect if the soil isn't dust. Leaves may hang on and then burn in a hard winter. The plant comes back. Flowers after the frost that ruins saucer magnolia.
