Magnolias From Around the World

 

Magnolias grow in many countries around the world.

 

I get a lot of mail from all over the world about my magnolia pages. I'm a bit surprised how many people love magnolias as much as I do. Sometimes they send me photos of their magnolias; sometimes they write to express their joy of and love for magnolias. They grow various varieties all around the world. It is so amazing to see where magnolias grow! I decided to display (with their permission) some of their magnolia trees and flowers on a page so that you can see what varieties and cultivars grow where. All photos on this page are copyrighted by their owners. They may not be downloaded, copied, or printed without their permission.

 

This magnolia tree comes from Indiana. It was sent by Carol Gallaway from Mishawaka, Indiana , which is in Zone 5. It's a M. Soulangeana, and she named it after her first-born granddaughter, Ashley. She says it will bloom all summer up until the snow falls. A recent e-mail states that the leaves have all appeared and she is still getting several blossoms (as of June 2, 2000). She paid $4.00 for the gallon sized plant at a Kroger store.

 

The next three photos came from my neat friend, Sorawit Sovimon (Yood), from Bangkok, Thailand,who attended school in Nottingham, England (more precisely Sutton Bonington ). These Magnolia Soulangeanas were photographed in Nottingham. I'm waiting for him to send photos of the ones that grow in Bangkok as soon as he goes back home. Yood is majoring in Env.Bio. with emphasis on the horticultural aspect of it. Magnolias are just an interest he has. When he graduates July 5, he will be going off to Kew Botanical Gardens in London to take a 3 month intern in September. Latest update: He has been in Bangkok for some time now.

	Yood sent me thos photo of a Little Gem blossom from a tiny little tree he just purchased in Bangok, Thailand. (11/07)

 

The photo on the right came from John and Lynne Ness. They didn't say where they are from.

 

	You can probably tell by this lucious vegitation that this magnolia is growing in Hawaii. Another Linda loves them, too. These are growing in Keaau, Hawaii, and bloom in early February.
	Here is a closer view.

 

This photo was sent to me from Doug in Brisbane on March 27, 2003. It is photo that he took in the church yard in the village of Asson in South-West France, south of Pau city, in about September. He thinks it is a picture of the seed pods probably of a variety of Himalyan magnolia (perhaps globosa ?), and has been trying to find out what they are. They certainly look like magnolia seed pods. If you live in France (or anywhere else) and know what they are, please e-mail me.

Again, Yood sends a photo of aa tropical magnolia - M.liifera var liifera- formely Talauma candollei. It was currently blooming in Bangkok in September of 2001. He says that it blooms almost all year round but unfortunetly the flowers do not 'open' but remain closed like in the photo then drop off altogether the next day!! Why so such beautiful flowers last such a short time?

This photo was sent to me to identify by Donna R. The tree was in her yard when they moved into their house. Unfortunately, I can't get the information on where they live. Still, it's a unique magnolia, and I'm pretty sure it is here in the U.S. It was identified by a magnolia expert as a Magnolia liliiflora or one of its many similar hybrids. It's one of the most lovely magnolias I've ever seen.

 

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Jean Allen from Vancouver, British Columbia sent this photo of her Magnolia Soulangeana blooming in her yard during the month of March. She even has a Grandiflora, which she says doesn't flower there as much as in other climates, but it does exhist there around where she lives. A Dawsonia on the right has about one or two flowers left, but the Soulangeana is in full bloolm and hasn't yet lost its petals.

Judy, from central North Carolina, was a bit worried about some of the "uglies" that were left on her tree when they moved to N. Carolina in October. She thought something was wrong with her magnolia tree. I told her to wait until this blooming season and see what she got. Here is a magnificent blossom. I'm thinking it's a Little Gem, although her tree is fairly tall. Since she said it had some dying white flowers on it in October, it must be a Gem, as grandifloras don't bloom but onece a season. When she sent this picture, she had nine full blooms and thirty buds. How wonderful!

 

I must say that I'm a bit envious of Shirley's cowcumber magnolia. She lives just 60 miles from me in Mobile. This magnolia isn't indigenous to our area, and it takes a bit of care for them to live and prosper. Her daughter gave the tree to her in 1984, and it didn't bloom for 8 years. Now, each year, it has more and more blossoms. The blooms are very large and fragrant. How luck she is to be blessed with such a wonderful magnolia tree.

 

This beautiful specimen was grown by David Rennie of South East London in the UK, an area not well known for its spectacular evergreen magnolias. It took 18 years to bloom, and they we had almost given up hope. It bloomed Friday 13, 2007. That was a lucky day for them. He thinks it's Magnolia Grandiflora Goliath. It was given to them in about 1990, as a small plant in a pot (say about 2-3 years old), where it stayed for some time before being put into a much larger "tree" size pot. They moved the pot around the garden for several years until finally deciding on where to plant it. It has been in the ground for 10 years. London is 51 degrees north latitude.

David sent me these photos of his magnolia tree in November 2007. He wrote, "We eventually had about 16 blooms on the Magnolia, but never more than one in full bloom on any one day. The sequence was small bud developing over several days (with others on the tree at different stages of progression). Then 2 or 3 days from showing white colour to the full bud, then the next day wide open, and the following day dying back beginning to brown, and eventually disappearing altogether.We had flowers on the tree for about 35 days in total, so each day was something different. I understand this is a normal pattern for these in the UK None of the seed pods developed fully to ripened seeds. I imagine we haven't got the right sort of beetles to do the pollinating, or just not the correct temperature." Aside - These blossoms appear to be extremely large... I'm wondering what kind of grandiflora it actually is?

 

 

I would love to have pictures of your magnolia tree(s) to place on this site, especially a close-up of your magnolia blossoms. If you have a scanner or a digital camera, please send them and I will include them here. Please dont worry about my using your magnolia iamges for any other reason that to display them on this page. I respect people's artistic copyright. Send your name (first is fine), town and state,or town and country, and growing zone plus the variety or cultivar of your magnolia. Add any interesting information you would like. Let me know if you do not want an e-mail link back to you.

This page was created June 2, 2000. Updated 11/10/07.   All photos on this page are copyrighted by their owners and may not be downloaded, copied, printed or otehrwise used without their explicit permission. Music: "To Go Beyond" by Enya

 

 

 

 

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