{"title":"Magnolias","description":"\u003cp\u003eForty-four listings sit behind this page, and three quite different plants share the name Magnolia across them. The grid mixes all three, so start by telling them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-three listings are evergreen and twenty-one deciduous. Five cultivars appear twice, grown by different farms with different size runs behind them: Little Gem, Teddy Bear, Kay Parris, Black Tulip and Vulcan. One Little Gem listing holds two container sizes; the other runs from a 140mm pot up to 1000L. Open both before ordering a run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe evergreen grandifloras and the narrow selections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen listings are Magnolia grandiflora selections. The guide works through Little Gem, Teddy Bear, Kay Parris, Alta, Coolwyn Gloss and Exmouth; the rest of the shelf holds the screening forms. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-sweet-and-neat\"\u003eSweet and Neat\u003c\/a\u003e keeps a column furnished right to the base. Sweet Spire does the same in a narrow side passage. Super Gem is shorter jointed than Little Gem and keeps density lower down, which is the argument for a pleached panel. Sweet Carolina and Greenback knit into a solid face instead of drifting open the way a seedling grandiflora will. The straight species is here in one container size, the only unselected tree in the group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSorting the twenty-one deciduous listings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidth sorts them first. Magnolia x soulangeana and Lennei Alba build as wide as they build tall and want an open lawn. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-x-soulangeana-genie\"\u003eGenie\u003c\/a\u003e, Burgundy Star and Inspiration stay upright and narrow enough for a courtyard or a driveway edge. Felix carries flowers among the largest of any magnolia here, which is also why wind ruins them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiming sorts them second. The yellow flowered types open later than the purples, which usually carries \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-butterflies\"\u003eButterflies\u003c\/a\u003e and Sundance past the worst of a frost run. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-susan\"\u003eMagnolia Susan\u003c\/a\u003e was bred to hold its buds back for the same reason and stays a rounded multi stemmed shrub. San Jose is among the earliest saucers to break, so in a frost district keep that one off a wall catching hard morning sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVulcan and Black Tulip each carry a second listing for grafted stock. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-vulcan-grafted\"\u003eMagnolia Vulcan Grafted\u003c\/a\u003e flowers young and comes true to type, which matters on a cultivar bought for one colour. Do not judge it on the first flowering though: a young plant or a warm humid season opens it far lighter than the ruby expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere the size ladder starts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve listings start at a 300mm pot, roughly fifteen litres of root ball, and ten at a 200mm. Two start at 5L, a Little Gem line and White Caviar; three go smaller again, at 140mm and 125mm. Growth is slow to moderate across the range, so the grade you buy is close to what you live with for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven of the deciduous listings offer a bare root grade lifted over winter, and on all eleven it is the top of the run, not the bottom. Nothing evergreen is sold that way. \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003eRead the guide\u003c\/a\u003e before ordering one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBuyers who belong on another page\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfume in a cold district is the common mismatch. Michelia Coco, Champaca and White Champaca all carry the scent people come looking for, and all three are subtropical to warm temperate. Frost takes the buds before they open, and a hard one can kill a young White Champaca outright. Port Wine Magnolia takes cold better and comes down to a 125mm pot, which is where a long hedge run starts. Fairy White handles cooler southern gardens, from advanced stock only. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-doltsopa\"\u003eSweet Michelia\u003c\/a\u003e is the tree sized member of that group, common along Melbourne and Sydney boundary lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second mismatch is Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. Deciduous magnolias want a real winter and flower thinly without one. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-star-wars\"\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/a\u003e is the usual exception, holding up in milder coastal gardens where the pure campbellii types disappoint. It is vigorous though, and a narrow bed will not hold it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"magnolia-black-tulip-grafted","title":"Magnolia Black Tulip® Grafted","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow dark does it actually get? Darker than almost anything else in the genus, though the depth depends on your climate. Black Tulip carries thick, waxy tepals in a deep wine burgundy, held in a tight goblet that never flops open flat the way a saucer magnolia does. Flowers arrive on bare wood before the leaves, so the colour sits against nothing but branch structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt came out of the Jury breeding programme in New Zealand, with Vulcan behind it, and grafted plants flower true and flower young. The habit is upright and fairly narrow for a deciduous magnolia, which is why it suits courtyards and driveway feature positions rather than open paddock planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo warnings. A hard frost while the buds are swelling will brown the tepal edges, and wind shreds the open flowers in a day. Give it a sheltered spot with gentle morning sun and keep the root zone mulched, because the roots are fleshy and sit close to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 400mm up to 200L, priced from $199.00 to $2089.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309148221809,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64309148254577,"sku":null,"price":2089.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309148320113,"sku":null,"price":779.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309148352881,"sku":null,"price":1579.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64446148903281,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/bvXM3BlHufLzZqEpb0lD__qSU0EjxR.jpg?v=1787628475"},{"product_id":"magnolia-burgundy-star","title":"Magnolia Burgundy Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat makes Burgundy Star useful in a small garden is its shape as much as its flower. It grows markedly upright and narrow rather than spreading, which suits a driveway edge, a side boundary or any spot where a wide-crowned magnolia would eventually need butchering. The flowers are deep wine to burgundy, tulip-shaped and held upright, opening on bare wood before the leaves appear so the whole outline of the tree carries colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing deciduous, it puts on the show first and the foliage later, then drops in autumn and lets winter sun through. Give it a sheltered aspect. Magnolia buds and open flowers are easily browned by a late frost or a hard wind, and the display is over quickly once they are damaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roots are shallow and fleshy, so mulch rather than cultivate around the base, keep grass off the root zone, and do not let it dry out through its first few summers. Prune only to remove damage, and do it straight after flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $78.95 to $1529.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Butterflies opens a genuine canary to butter yellow, the strongest colour among the yellow hybrids, from a cross between the American cucumber tree and the Chinese Yulan magnolia made by Phil Savage in Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are goblet shaped and appear on bare wood as the buds break, so there is a short overlap of flower and unfurling leaf. Yellow magnolias open later in the season than the purple ones, which is worth knowing in frost districts because it often takes them past the worst of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate does affect the colour. In cool districts the yellow holds; in warm coastal and subtropical gardens it washes out toward cream and flowering is lighter. Growth is upright and pyramidal when young, broadening later, and it takes a few seasons before the flower count gets heavy. Deep mulch, no cultivation over the roots, and steady moisture through summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 300mm up to 300L, priced from $129.00 to $2269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Same tree either way: a dense evergreen with leathery dark green leaves and rusty brown felt on the new growth and the fat flower buds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLate winter into spring it covers itself in creamy white flowers with a heavy, sweet perfume that carries a long way on a still morning. It is one of the few evergreen screening trees that gives a real flowering event rather than a token one, which is why it turns up so often along Melbourne and Sydney boundary lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe catch is petal drop. Spent tepals bruise brown and go slimy on paving, so keep it off pool surrounds and entry paths. Scale insects and the sooty mould that follows are the other thing to watch, usually where air movement is poor. 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Site it out of the prevailing wind or accept a short show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBred by Mark Jury in New Zealand and named for his father, it carries Magnolia campbellii blood without the species habit of sulking for fifteen or twenty years before its first flower. Felix flowers as a young tree, which is essentially why it exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowth is upright with a strong central leader, and the bare winter framework matters because flowering happens on leafless wood. Give it deep, free draining soil with organic matter, keep water up through the first few summers, and prune only to remove crossing branches. It resents having its surface roots disturbed by digging or by heavy underplanting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 200mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $49.95 to $2269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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The species, long known as Michelia figo, hides small purple-edged cream flowers among glossy evergreen leaves and gives off a heavy scent that people variously call bubblegum, banana or overripe fruit. Stellar Ruby is the showier version, with larger flowers in a deep ruby-toned red, so for once the display is visible as well as fragrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is evergreen and densely branched from low down, which is why it gets used as a clipped hedge, a screen along a fence line, or a single rounded shrub near a doorway where the scent will be noticed. Growth is slow to moderate, so buy a size close to what you actually need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it moisture-retentive soil that still drains, part shade in hot inland gardens, and shelter from drying wind. The velvety brown fuzz on new shoots and buds is normal and not a pest. Clip lightly after the main flush rather than shearing hard back into bare old wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 400mm, priced from $139.00 to $279.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The leaf earns its keep as much as the flower: deep glossy green on the upper surface, with a thick rust brown felt on the reverse that shows every time wind turns the canopy over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCream flowers with a lemon scent open through the warmer months, a few at a time rather than all at once. Growth is slow to moderate, so the size you buy is close to the size you will live with for a while, and it pays to start with an advanced container where the screen is needed now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes full sun through to part shade on moderate water. The thing to plan for is leaf drop: the old leaves are stiff, slow to break down and awkward over pool coping or fine gravel. Keep it to garden beds, boundary rows and hedge lines with mulch underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 330mm up to 200L, priced from $169.00 to $1599.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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It holds a naturally narrow, densely furnished column with foliage carried right down to the base, so there is no bare leg left to screen underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaves are smaller and tidier than the older grandiflora selections, glossy above with a light tan reverse, and evergreen year round. The familiar cream, fragrant magnolia flowers appear on established plants through the warmer months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate. Plant them shoulder to shoulder along a fence line for a solid run, or use single plants either side of an entry. It will take full sun or part shade with moderate water, and the smaller container sizes suit large pots and planter boxes where root volume is limited. Light tip pruning after flowering keeps the column tight, though it does not need shearing to hold its shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 200mm up to 600mm, priced from $46.95 to $799.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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It is a compact grandiflora selection with smaller leaves and shorter internodes than the species, so the canopy knits into a solid green wall instead of an open, gappy tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeaves are glossy dark green above with the classic cinnamon brown felt underneath, and they hold that felt well, which matters if you are pleaching or clipping and the undersides show. Flowers are the big creamy white bowls with a lemon scent, opening through the warmer months in succession rather than all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing before you specify it: leaf drop is constant rather than seasonal, and grandiflora leaves are leathery and slow to break down, so they do not disappear into a lawn. Underplant with a groundcover or run a mulched bed beneath. Soil must drain; grandifloras hate sitting wet through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 250mm up to 300L, priced from $149.00 to $2629.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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What is not in doubt is the grade. At 45L, 400mm and 420mm advanced standard, these are trees already carrying a formed head rather than whips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnolias reward good siting more than they reward good pruning. Pick a position with morning sun and shelter from the prevailing wind, because wind shreds large flowers and dries out the shallow root plate. Soil should be deep, humus-rich and free draining, on the slightly acid side. They dislike lime rubble and dislike compaction more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat root system sits close to the surface and is easily damaged, so mulch generously, never dig or rotary hoe under the canopy, and keep turf back from the trunk. Delivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 330mm up to 45L, priced from $149.00 to $299.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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It is a compact grower by magnolia standards, which is what has made it popular in courtyards and smaller front gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe realistic about the colour. Yellow in magnolias develops best where late winter and early spring stay genuinely cool, and in warm coastal or subtropical gardens the same tree can open closer to cream. That is climate at work, not a fault in the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is deciduous, so plan the bed around a bare framework for part of the year and make use of the winter light rather than fighting it. Plant into deep, well drained soil with organic matter worked through the whole planting area, mulch wide and shallow, and water through dry spells while it establishes. Offered bare root as well as potted, in grades up to 45L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $71.95 to $229.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309160771953,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309160804721,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309160837489,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311639081329,"sku":null,"price":78.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311639114097,"sku":null,"price":71.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446149132657,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/54_7u0gjZyXhAzsH9XlYU_SkhTOVdw.jpg?v=1787628476"},{"product_id":"magnolia-soulangeana-san-jose","title":"Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia soulangeana San Jose","description":"\u003cp\u003eSite it away from a hot morning wall in frost prone districts. San Jose is one of the earliest saucer magnolias to open, and early flowers plus a fast thaw equals brown tepals. A position that warms slowly gives a longer, cleaner display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are large and fragrant, rosy purple outside grading to near white inside, held in the classic saucer shape that opens flat in full sun. It is vigorous for a soulangeana type, making a broad headed small tree with heavy, sculptural branching once mature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutumn leaf colour is nothing to plan around, a soft yellow at best, so the value sits in the spring display and the winter silhouette. Keep the root zone mulched and undisturbed, water through dry summers while it establishes, and prune sparingly straight after flowering if you need to shape it. Buds set on the previous season's wood, so late pruning costs you flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 300mm up to 500L, priced from $139.00 to $4139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"500L","offer_id":64309161165169,"sku":null,"price":4139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309161197937,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/SQm-XZfx5yeNiK0pZJxC3_z1kF1hYG.jpg?v=1787628477"},{"product_id":"magnolia-star-wars","title":"Magnolia Star Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf Felix looks like more tree and more flower than a suburban front garden can absorb, Star Wars is the alternative most growers reach for. Same New Zealand breeding tradition, raised by Oswald Blumhardt from a campbellii and liliiflora cross, but a friendlier scale and a much longer flowering window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlooms are bright clear pink, large, opening from a goblet into a loose star, and the tree carries them over several weeks rather than in one burst. It starts flowering young and flowers heavily, which is not true of every campbellii hybrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other point in its favour is warmth tolerance. It performs in milder coastal gardens where the pure campbellii types tend to flower thinly. Growth is upright and vigorous, so allow real room; this is not a tree for a two metre wide bed. Bare root and containerised stock both establish well provided water is kept up through the first two summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 330mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $48.95 to $1579.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309161361777,"sku":null,"price":1579.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309161394545,"sku":null,"price":379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309161427313,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309161460081,"sku":null,"price":819.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309161492849,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64309161525617,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311663559025,"sku":null,"price":65.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bare Root Small","offer_id":64311663624561,"sku":null,"price":48.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Imglu_P-Jt0F2du2Yn7Am_qsTKPb3j.jpg?v=1787628477"},{"product_id":"magnolia-sundance","title":"Magnolia Sundance","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot a strong yellow. Sundance sits at the pale, buttery end of the yellow magnolias, closer to primrose than to the deeper canary of Butterflies, and in warm districts it can read almost cream. If you want punch, look elsewhere; if you want something soft against a dark green backdrop, this is the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt flowers on bare or barely leafing wood, cup shaped and lightly fragrant, and like the other yellows it opens later in the season than the pinks and purples, which usually keeps the display clear of late frost damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHabit is upright and reasonably compact, and it flowers at a young age. Full sun gives the best flower count, though a little afternoon shade in hot inland gardens stops the leaves scorching. Mulch well, avoid digging over the surface roots, and expect a slow build for the first few years before the canopy fills out. Offered here in a single mature container size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 150L, at $1259.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64309163196785,"sku":null,"price":1259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/lVjNIEiMxnBhJ3Seie2UP_XZv15f2r.jpg?v=1787628477"},{"product_id":"magnolia-susan","title":"Magnolia Susan","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecause it flowers late, Susan dodges the problem that spoils so many magnolias in cold districts. It is one of the American Little Girl hybrids, a cross between Magnolia liliiflora and Magnolia stellata, bred deliberately to hold its buds back until the worst of the frosts have passed. The flowers are slim and upright, reddish-purple on the outside with paler insides, opening from narrow buds over a long season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe habit is shrubby rather than tree-like. Expect a rounded, multi-stemmed plant that fits a mixed border, a corner bed or a large pot far more comfortably than a soulangeana would, and it starts flowering while still young. Leaves follow the first flush of bloom and colour off before dropping in autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard magnolia rules apply: shelter from wind, deep mulch, no digging over the shallow roots, and steady moisture through summer. It is offered here in small pots and bare root as well as a 50L advanced plant for anyone wanting immediate presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to Bare Root Small, priced from $50.95 to $65.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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They are related, Vulcan being a parent, but Vulcan carries larger, looser flowers in a red toned purple rather than the tight waxy goblet of its offspring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColour is what people argue about. In a cool climate, on an established tree, the flowers come close to ruby; on a young grafted plant, or through a warm humid season, the same tree opens a much lighter purple pink. Do not judge it on its first flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBred by Felix Jury in New Zealand from a Lanarth form of Magnolia campbellii crossed with Magnolia liliiflora, it makes an upright deciduous tree flowering on bare wood in late winter and early spring. Grafted stock flowers young and true to type. Wind is the enemy, as with all the large flowered hybrids, so give it shelter and deep, well drained soil with organic matter worked in before planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 400mm up to 300L, priced from $549.00 to $2749.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Fat goblets open on bare grey branches before a single leaf appears, rosy purple outside and much paler within, so the whole plant reads as colour from right across a garden. Then the broad matt green leaves follow and the show is over for the year. It grows as a wide multi stemmed large shrub or a low branching small tree, frequently as broad as it is tall, and the smooth silver grey bark carries the winter framework once the petals have gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGive it the width at planting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spreading shape is the reason to grow this one, and it is the first thing people lose. A saucer magnolia crowded against a path, a driveway or a fence gets cut back on one side every year, and since magnolias do not reshoot willingly from old wood the plant never rebuilds that flank. Allow for a canopy at least as wide as it is tall before you dig the hole. On a multi stemmed plant a whole stem can be taken out at ground level to open the frame up, which is a far better move than shortening every branch and leaving the plant a size too small on all sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNever dig underneath it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat damages established plants here is cultivation. The roots are fleshy, brittle and run close to the surface, so turning over a bed beneath the canopy, trenching for irrigation or scalping the ground with a line trimmer causes dieback that shows up as bare branches the following spring, long after anyone has connected the two events. Mulch instead of digging. Underplant with nothing more demanding than bulbs, keep edging tools well away from the base, and let the mulch do the job a groundcover would otherwise be asked to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClimate and siting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCool and temperate gardens across the south east, the tablelands and the higher parts of the south west, in full sun to part shade. Morning sun and shelter matter, because open flowers brown quickly in a hard wind or a late frost. Free draining, humus rich, slightly acid soil improved over a wide area. Plant in autumn or at the start of spring, water deeply through dry spells for the first few summers, and feed once towards the end of winter and once after the petals drop. Prune only in the few weeks after flowering, since buds for the next season form through the summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere the other deciduous types fit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-denudata-yulan\"\u003eYulan\u003c\/a\u003e is one of the parents behind this hybrid and is the choice for pure white upright goblets with a light scent instead of pink and purple saucers. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-cleopatra\"\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/a\u003e takes the colour further into wine purple on a far narrower, more upright plant, which is the practical option for a courtyard or a narrow bed where a saucer magnolia would outgrow the space in every direction. Buy this one when you have room to let a broad low branching plant develop and you want the familiar flower. It is carried in a long run of sizes, from small pots through the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature tree\u003c\/a\u003e grades to advanced stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 14 sizes, from 200mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $32.95 to $1579.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"110L","offer_id":64309164900721,"sku":null,"price":769.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309164933489,"sku":null,"price":32.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309164966257,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"225mm","offer_id":64309165031793,"sku":null,"price":65.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309165064561,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm Squat","offer_id":64309165097329,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64309165130097,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309165195633,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309165261169,"sku":null,"price":789.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309165293937,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309165326705,"sku":null,"price":1579.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64309165425009,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309165457777,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311638360433,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64446149198193,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"20L","offer_id":64446149230961,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64446149263729,"sku":null,"price":779.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-202-saucer-magnolia-magnolia-soulangeana_6f4911be-7626-4cff-927b-2605b1993d4e.png?v=1785551624"},{"product_id":"magnolia-x-soulangeana-genie","title":"Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia x soulangeana Genie","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the dark-flowered magnolias, Genie is the one people stop and photograph. The buds are almost black, opening to deep maroon-red goblets that sit upright on the branches, and the plant is generous with them. It begins flowering young, carries a heavy main flush in late winter and spring, and often throws a scattering of extra blooms through the warmer months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is deciduous and compact, staying within the range of a large shrub or a small tree, which makes it manageable on a suburban block or in a courtyard where a full-sized saucer magnolia would swamp the space. Colour depth holds better where the flowers are not baked, so morning sun with afternoon shelter is worth arranging in hot inland gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant into improved, free draining soil, mulch out to the drip line and keep the trunk collar clear. The fleshy surface roots dislike being cut, so avoid trenching or running hard edging close to it, and keep pruning to the minimum needed for shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $71.95 to $999.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309167882609,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64309167915377,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309167948145,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309167980913,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309168013681,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311660773745,"sku":null,"price":78.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311660806513,"sku":null,"price":71.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/trIye79k8AdqyCWx9BL6O_bbZqf7V3.jpg?v=1787628477"},{"product_id":"magnolia-x-soulangeana-lennei-alba","title":"Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia x soulangeana Lennei Alba","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe white counterpart to the old purple Lennei, and a good deal wider than most people expect from a magnolia. This is a broad, shrubby, multi stemmed plant rather than an upright tree, so measure the bed before committing; it spreads about as far as it climbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlowers are heavy ivory white goblets with thick, fleshy tepals that hold their shape rather than falling open, carried on bare wood in early spring and lightly fragrant. The leaves that follow are large and coarse, giving a solid, almost tropical looking summer canopy for a deciduous plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt often throws a second, lighter flush of flowers later in the season on soft growth. Because the tepals are so substantial they bruise brown where they land, so keep it back from paving and pool edges. Deep soil, steady summer moisture, and no cultivation over the shallow roots. Prune only to lift the skirt if you want to walk underneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 300L, priced from $30.95 to $2269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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The flowers are small and narrow petalled, deep gold to orange, and they sit hidden in the foliage rather than showing off, but the perfume carries across a whole garden and is heavy enough that some people find it too much indoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tree is upright and narrow when young, with glossy light green leaves and a fairly open canopy that broadens with age. It is subtropical at heart, so it earns its keep in Queensland and coastal New South Wales; in cooler Victorian and inland gardens young plants are frost tender and growth slows right down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it a warm, sheltered position with free draining soil and consistent moisture through the growing season, and feed it in spring. Flowering runs over a long stretch of the warmer months rather than in one burst, so the scent keeps arriving in waves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 100L, priced from $88.95 to $719.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309201240433,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309201273201,"sku":null,"price":719.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309201305969,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/x_op2mTiYh2txIOVH1fxA_BcDN7MMQ.jpg?v=1787628545"},{"product_id":"white-michelia-michelia-alba","title":"White Champaca - Michelia x. alba (Magnolia)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite Champaca is a sterile hybrid, grown across South East Asia for its perfume. The flowers are narrow and ivory white, strongly scented, and produced in flushes through the warm months rather than all at once. Because the tree sets no seed there are no pods dropping on paving and no seedlings coming up in the beds, which counts for something on a tree this size planted near an entry. It grows upright and stays reasonably narrow, with glossy mid green evergreen leaves, and thickens into a tall screen with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrost ends it rather than slowing it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the limit, and it is not a matter of degree. A young plant caught by a hard frost can be cut to the ground or killed outright, and even an established tree drops leaf and stalls for a season after a cold snap. Treat any site that collects cold air as unsuitable rather than borderline: the bottom of a slope, a flat open paddock, a courtyard sitting below road level. In marginal districts plant against a north facing wall, mulch heavily and protect the tree through its first two winters. Autumn planting in warm districts gives a young tree a full season of root growth before it meets its first cold spell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it does work\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubtropical and warm coastal gardens: Queensland, the northern rivers, the warmer coastal parts of New South Wales and the warm districts of Western Australia, plus sheltered frost free pockets further south. Part shade to full sun both suit it, with more sun giving denser growth and heavier flowering. It wants rich free draining soil, shelter from strong wind and steady water through summer. For a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/privacy-screening\"\u003eprivacy screen\u003c\/a\u003e, space trees 2.5 to 3 metres apart and let the canopies knit together. Salt laden wind browns the leaf edges, so on an open coastal block put something between it and the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePruning around the cold\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut after a flush of flower in the warm months, taking whole shoots back to a node to keep the canopy furnished low. Avoid pruning in winter, because the soft growth pushed in response is exactly what the next cold night takes. Lower branches can be lifted for a clear trunk once the screen is working above head height. Feed in spring and again in mid summer with a slow release fertiliser for acid loving plants, keep the mulch topped up over the surface roots, and water through dry spells rather than letting it wilt and then flooding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChampaca or coco\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/michelia-coco\"\u003eMichelia coco\u003c\/a\u003e is the other perfumed michelia here and the difference is scale. Coco stays a dense rounded shrub, clips into a hedge and puts its evening scent at nose height. White Champaca goes up into a tree and delivers perfume over a screen or across an outdoor room, through the day as well as the evening. Coco takes a clipped face more willingly, while the champaca is happier lightly shaped and left to build. If cold is a genuine concern then neither is the answer, and an evergreen magnolia such as \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-exmouth\"\u003eExmouth\u003c\/a\u003e is the frost tolerant substitute for the same glossy evergreen screening, without the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 400mm up to 200L, priced from $389.00 to $1659.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The leaves are noticeably shorter and narrower than those of the full sized types, dark and thick above with a dense rust brown felt beneath. It flowers while still young, white lemon scented cups opening a few at a time across a long warm season, and it trains flat against a wall more willingly than any of the larger grandifloras stocked here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHedges, espaliers and pots\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a hedge, space plants 1.5 to 2 metres apart. Against a wall for espalier, a metre apart with a wire frame to tie the arms into, and start the training in the first year while the wood still bends. It also holds condition in a large container for years, which the full sized selections will not do. Growth is slow to moderate, so a hedge is a two or three year project and the grade you buy is close to the effect you get for a good while.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWater is where this one is lost\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Gem gets used constantly in the positions with the least root room: glazed pots beside a door, a 400mm strip along a driveway, a planter box on a terrace. In a restricted root volume a couple of hot dry days scorch the leaf margins brown, and those leaves never green up again. Because the plant is slow to replace foliage it carries the damage for a year or more and looks burnt the whole time. Put a dripper on a timer for anything in a pot or a narrow bed, check it through summer rather than trusting rainfall, and water deeply when you do. Plant in autumn or early spring, and keep grass and groundcovers back from the base while it establishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYellow leaves on limey ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn alkaline soil, and in beds where lime has leached out of concrete, render or a nearby path, the foliage yellows between the veins while the veins themselves stay green. Correct it with an acidifying fertiliser carrying chelated iron, mulch with composted pine bark, and keep mushroom compost away from the root zone. Feed in early spring and again in summer, and feed container plants more often in smaller doses. Prune after the main flush of flower, cutting whole shoots back to a leaf node with secateurs so the plant closes over the wound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLittle Gem or Teddy Bear\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two get compared constantly and the difference is the leaf. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-teddy-bear\"\u003eTeddy Bear\u003c\/a\u003e carries a much broader, heavier, rounder leaf on a denser plant, which suits a short screen that has to look solid. Little Gem has the finer leaf, gains more height over the same period, and is much the easier of the two to espalier or clip into a narrow hedge. If the available width runs past a couple of metres and the screen has to reach a second storey, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-coolwyn-gloss\"\u003eCoolwyn Gloss\u003c\/a\u003e uses the space better. Little Gem is for the tight jobs, and of the evergreen \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature trees\u003c\/a\u003e here it is the one that goes into lines and wall work rather than standing alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 20 sizes, from 140mm up to 1000L, priced from $21.95 to $14969.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311325065585,"sku":null,"price":80.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311325098353,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311325163889,"sku":null,"price":739.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311325196657,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311325262193,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000L","offer_id":64311325294961,"sku":null,"price":14969.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311325327729,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500L","offer_id":64311325393265,"sku":null,"price":2749.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311325426033,"sku":null,"price":1429.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64311325458801,"sku":null,"price":2239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311325524337,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64311325622641,"sku":null,"price":3309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311325655409,"sku":null,"price":28.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311325786481,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311325884785,"sku":null,"price":779.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311325950321,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311325983089,"sku":null,"price":359.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20L","offer_id":64311326015857,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311326048625,"sku":null,"price":37.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64311326081393,"sku":null,"price":579.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"420mm","offer_id":64446153785713,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"600L","offer_id":64446153818481,"sku":null,"price":7709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64446153851249,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"26L","offer_id":64446153884017,"sku":null,"price":429.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"35L AP","offer_id":64446153916785,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-little-gem-magnolia-magnolia-grandiflora-little-gem_1a42923d-d9cd-4707-91a7-9a389fb65fbd.png?v=1785551567"},{"product_id":"michelia-coco","title":"Dwarf Port Wine Magnolia - Michelia Coco (Magnolia)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichelia coco carries its flowers low and half hidden under the leaves: small nodding cups of thick creamy petals that open towards evening and drop within a day or two. What they leave behind is the perfume, a heavy banana and gardenia scent that fills a courtyard after dark. The plant itself is a dense rounded evergreen shrub that branches from low down and holds its leaf right to the base, so it clips into a hedge without going hollow underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePut it where you will smell it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual flowers are short lived and the scent peaks in the evening, so position decides whether this plant earns its place. Beside a back door, under a bedroom window, along the path you walk at night, or in a large pot next to an outdoor table. Planted at the far end of a block it is just a neat green shrub. For a clipped \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedge\u003c\/a\u003e set plants about a metre apart; for an informal screen allow 1.5 metres and let the naturally rounded habit close the gaps. Part shade to full sun both work, with some afternoon shade holding better leaf colour in hot inland gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCold is the limit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreat this as a subtropical to warm temperate plant. It suits frost free coastal gardens, and in cooler districts it only works in a sheltered north facing pocket out of the wind. Two things go wrong in cold country. Frost burns the young growth and takes the flower buds before they open, so you keep the shrub and lose the entire reason for buying it. And heavy soil that stays cold and wet through winter stalls the plant outright: growth stops, the leaves yellow from the older wood forward, and it can sit there for a season without moving. Give it soil that drains freely but stays evenly moist, dug through with compost, mulched over the surface roots, and build the bed up above the surrounding level on clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClipping without losing the flowers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut after a flush of flower in the warm months, tipping shoots back to a leaf node to thicken the plant up. A hedge takes two or three light trims across the growing season, but stop by the end of summer, because growth pushed late is still soft when the first cold nights arrive and it is the first thing to burn. Feed in spring and again in mid summer with a slow release fertiliser for acid loving plants, and top up the mulch rather than digging around the base. Yellowing between the leaf veins usually means the ground is either too alkaline or too cold and wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCoco or one of the others\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/white-michelia-michelia-alba\"\u003eWhite Champaca\u003c\/a\u003e shares the perfume but grows as an upright tree, so take that one when you want scent carried above head height or a tall boundary planting. Coco is the one that puts the flowers at nose level in a hedge, a courtyard or a pot. Set against the evergreen magnolias such as \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-little-gem\"\u003eLittle Gem\u003c\/a\u003e, coco has the softer leaf and far more perfume with much less presence, while Little Gem gives you the hard glossy foliage, more height and tolerance of frost. Both michelias here are frost tender, so in a cold district the trade is a real one: take an evergreen magnolia and give up the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 140mm up to 500mm, priced from $16.95 to $3899.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Figo blooms are small, barely opening, dull maroon purple and easy to miss among the leaves, and they release a sharp fruity scent that most people call banana or bubblegum on warm still mornings. Coco carries larger creamy white flowers and is the more tender of the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat sells this one is the bush itself. Growth is dense from the ground up and finely twiggy, with small glossy dark leaves and rusty brown hairs on the new buds and shoots, and it takes clipping better than almost any other fragrant evergreen shrub. That makes it a genuine hedge plant, a topiary subject and a dependable formal screen rather than just a curiosity grown for perfume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt prefers shelter, decent drainage and a soil that is not strongly alkaline. Growth is not fast, so clip lightly and often after flowering rather than cutting back into bare old wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 11 sizes, from 125mm up to 500mm, priced from $16.95 to $719.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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A row of it reads as a solid wall of foliage rather than a line of trees on clear trunks, which is why it usually gets bought to block a neighbouring second storey, and not as a single specimen. Large cream white cups with a heavy lemon scent open a few at a time across the warm months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDo not plant it on the fence line\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe low skirt is the entire product, and the usual way to lose it is planting too close to the boundary. Set the line at least 1.5 metres off the palings and space plants 2 to 2.5 metres apart. Planted tight, the back of each plant is shaded and goes bare, the front gets sheared flat every time someone trims along the fence, and within a few years you have paid for a dense screening magnolia and are looking at a hedge on legs with a gap underneath. There is no fixing it afterwards, because evergreen magnolias do not reshoot willingly from old wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDrainage and aspect\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun or part shade both hold the gloss, though flowering is heavier in sun. Depth and drainage matter more than either. On heavy clay that stays saturated after rain, plant high on a built up mound, send downpipes and surface run off somewhere else, and mulch wide instead of digging a deep hole that turns into a sump. Improve the soil with compost across the full planting line. Plant in autumn or early spring, with steady moderate water through the first two summers, not light daily sprinkles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTraining flat and living with the litter\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt pleaches and espaliers willingly if you start young, tying the framework in while the wood still bends and cutting whole shoots back to a junction rather than shearing across the face. Prune once the main flush of flower has finished, or in late winter in cooler districts. Feed in early spring and again in summer with a complete slow release fertiliser for acid loving plants. The fallen leaves are leathery and slow to break down, and they come down through the whole year, not in one autumn drop, so keep the line well clear of pool edges and gutters and plan on raking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between the screening selections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-alta\"\u003eAlta\u003c\/a\u003e carries similar foliage on a narrow column and belongs in the tight strips and driveways where this one would never fit. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-teddy-bear\"\u003eTeddy Bear\u003c\/a\u003e is the compact option for a courtyard or a single storey boundary, denser and slower, while Coolwyn Gloss keeps climbing to cover a two storey outlook and asks for width in return. The larger selections are grown on as \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e, so the order of questions is width first, then the height that has to be covered, then how soon the screen has to close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 300mm up to 200L, priced from $149.00 to $2089.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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This was the first deciduous magnolia to get past it to a genuinely deep red-purple, out of the Jury breeding work in New Zealand. The flowers are large and carried on bare wood before the leaves break. Colour is strongest in cooler districts and on established trees, while a warm spring pushes the tone lighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize stays manageable. This is a small tree with an upright frame, suited to a courtyard, a lawn feature or a spot where you want a few weeks of theatre and then a clean leafy shape for the rest of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things it will not forgive. The first is wind at flowering time, which browns and tears the petals within a day, so choose a sheltered aspect. The second is a dry, compacted root run. Magnolias root close to the surface and want cool, humus-rich, well drained soil with mulch over the top and no digging around the base. Prune only to remove damage, and do it after flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 200mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $49.95 to $2269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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The frame is tight, upright and densely branched, and the leaves are short, rounded and thick with a heavy rust brown felt underneath, so even a young plant looks solid rather than twiggy. Cream white lemon scented flowers open through the warmer months, followed by cone shaped seed heads that split to show red seed before they drop. It is used where a screen has to have substance in a limited width: a courtyard boundary, a pair either side of an entry, a pool surround set back from the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNever put shears through it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is how the cultivar gets ruined. The leaves are large, and a hedge trimmer cuts straight through them, leaving hundreds of half leaves that brown along the cut edge and hang on the plant for months. A sheared Teddy Bear looks scorched rather than clipped, and since growth is slow the mess stays on show until the whole flush has been replaced. Shape it with secateurs instead, taking whole shoots back to a node inside the canopy where the cut disappears. The same rule applies to holding it off a fence line: cut back to a junction, never across the middle of a leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpacing and ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround 2 metres between plants for a screen, which lets each one keep the dense shape you paid for without crowding its neighbour. Full sun to part shade, moderate water, slow to moderate growth. Prepare a wide area rather than a deep hole, work compost through it, plant slightly proud of the surrounding soil and mulch out past the foliage. It handles frost once established and copes with coastal gardens, though salt laden wind marks the leaves, so keep it behind something on an exposed block. Plant it out while the weather is mild, in autumn or at the start of spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLitter and containers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld leaves, spent flowers and the seed cones come down steadily right through the year rather than in a single drop, so this is not a clean plant to stand over paving or beside a pool. In a large container it works well and is often the better choice for a doorway pair, provided you water deeply rather than often and feed more frequently in smaller amounts. Use a controlled release fertiliser suited to acid loving shrubs in early spring and again in mid summer, and keep the mulch off the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTeddy Bear against the other compact selections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-little-gem\"\u003eLittle Gem\u003c\/a\u003e is the finer leaved alternative, quicker to gain height and much more willing to be trained flat, so it takes the espalier and narrow hedge work. Teddy Bear is denser, slower and heavier in the leaf, which makes it the stronger plant where a short screen has to look substantial in every season. If the screen needs to keep climbing past a single storey, step up to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-coolwyn-gloss\"\u003eCoolwyn Gloss\u003c\/a\u003e and give it the extra width it will ask for. Both compact selections are grown on as \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/semi-advanced-trees\"\u003esemi advanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e where the screen has to start working sooner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 15 sizes, from 250mm up to 1000L, priced from $179.00 to $4399.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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It holds density lower down the plant, which is what justifies the extra outlay on a pleached screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge cream flowers with a lemon scent come through the warm months, opening a few at a time rather than all at once, so treat it as a long slow season of bloom rather than one display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate, so buy the size you actually need instead of waiting on it. Usual jobs are pleached boundary panels, formal driveway lines, tall narrow hedges and large pots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil is where it gets tripped up. It sulks in waterlogged ground and yellows in limey alkaline soils, and the thick leathery leaf litter is slow to break down and will block a pool skimmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 200mm up to 200L, priced from $60.95 to $1319.00 per plant. 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That is the whole reason to buy it: height in a strip of ground where a spreading tree would push against the building. It does flower once it has age on it, cream white and lemon scented, a few at a time through the warmer months, but nobody chooses an Alta for the blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMeasure the narrowest point first\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuying decisions with Alta are made with a tape measure, not a plant list. Set columns 1.5 to 2 metres apart down a driveway or a side boundary and let them touch into a continuous face of leaf, or space them wider if each tree is meant to read separately. Keep the line far enough off a fence that the lower branches are not being cut flat every year, because once the skirt is gone the column reads as a bare trunk with a hedge on top and it will not come back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe narrow bed is the problem\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlta ends up in exactly the positions with the worst ground: a strip beside a slab, a driveway edge backfilled with builders rubble, a planter one spade deep over compacted fill. In that soil it simply stops. Lower leaves yellow and drop, the column thins from the bottom, and at slow to moderate growth it will not trade its way out of the problem the way a fast tree would, so the damage is semi permanent. Break the ground up well below and well beyond the root ball, improve it with compost along the whole planting line rather than in individual holes, and mulch the length of the bed. If the soil cannot be fixed, shift the line rather than buying a larger pot size and hoping. Autumn or early spring planting lets the roots settle before heat or cold arrives, and full sun builds a denser column than part shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePruning that keeps the shape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost nothing is needed. Take out a shoot that breaks the outline or crosses into the middle of the column, in late winter before the new growth pushes, and stop there. Never shorten the leader to hold height. Evergreen magnolias do not hide a cut like that, and a stubbed column stays lopsided for years at this rate of growth. Feed in early spring and again after flowering with a complete slow release fertiliser for acid loving plants, water deeply through the first two summers while the roots spread, and keep mulch off the trunk so the collar stays dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlta against the wider selections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-coolwyn-gloss\"\u003eCoolwyn Gloss\u003c\/a\u003e is the alternative anywhere there is room for it, with a broader glossier leaf and a heavier green wall, but it needs the width to do that. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-exmouth\"\u003eExmouth\u003c\/a\u003e is a different scale again, a full sized tree with a wide skirt that eventually owns the ground beneath it. Alta is what you buy when the available width is fixed at a metre or two and cannot be negotiated, and it is the one selection among the evergreen \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature trees\u003c\/a\u003e here chosen for what it does not do, which is spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 250mm up to 400L, priced from $109.00 to $2199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The habit is upright and comparatively narrow, which is why it gets specified where Magnolia soulangeana would sprawl too wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it is deciduous, treat it as a seasonal screen rather than a year round one. In leaf it is well clothed with large foliage. Through winter it is a bare framework carrying fat furry buds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things spoil the display. A late frost while the buds are opening browns the petals, and wind will shred them inside a day, so choose a sheltered position with morning sun. Keep the roots cool and mulched, never let the plant bake dry, and avoid digging around the base, because it resents root disturbance. Growth is slow to moderate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 50L up to 200L, priced from $449.00 to $1529.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"50L","offer_id":64311392534897,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311392567665,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311392600433,"sku":null,"price":1529.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Qpf66OcxjjaKF5hNH45G1_CVbK4UeR.jpg?v=1787629356"},{"product_id":"magnolia-black-tulip","title":"Magnolia Black Tulip®","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep burgundy, close to black in bud, with thick fleshy segments that hold a cupped tulip shape instead of flopping open flat. Black Tulip flowers on bare wood before the leaves appear, so for those few weeks in early spring the entire tree reads as colour. It is a Mark Jury selection from New Zealand, bred from Vulcan and Iolanthe, and it carries the darker Vulcan colouring on a tidier frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe habit is upright and fairly narrow for a magnolia, which makes it workable in a courtyard, beside an entry or in a bed viewed from a main window. Growth is unhurried, so buy the size you actually want to look at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelter matters more than anything else. Hot wind and a late cold snap both mark the open blooms, and the colour holds deeper in cooler districts than it does in a hot exposed western position. Keep the soil moist and mulched, and avoid cultivating around the base, since the roots run shallow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 300mm Squat up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $78.95 to $799.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311406297457,"sku":null,"price":78.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311406330225,"sku":null,"price":799.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311406395761,"sku":null,"price":459.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311406461297,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64311406494065,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm Squat","offer_id":64311406526833,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311406559601,"sku":null,"price":319.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311406592369,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/yeqoDMt68bgVFZFF3s_dn_MNyPe9bz.jpg?v=1787629500"},{"product_id":"magnolia-grandiflora-exmouth","title":"Evergreen Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora Exmouth","description":"\u003cp\u003eTurn a leaf over and you have the reason Exmouth gets specified: a thick rust brown felt on the underside sitting against a heavy, glossy, deep green upper face, so the whole tree changes colour whenever wind moves through it. This is one of the older English selections of the evergreen magnolia, upright and more vigorous than the dwarf types, and it comes into flower at a younger age than an unnamed seedling grandiflora usually will. Left alone it grows on into a substantial tree with a wide skirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe failure here is arithmetic\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost every unhappy Exmouth was planted where a small tree belonged: tight against a house, over a driveway, three metres off a fence. The tree does what it was always going to do, someone cuts it back hard to hold it in place, and evergreen magnolias do not hide big cuts. What you get is stubs, a lopsided crown and a tree that is fought every year for the rest of its life. Allow the footprint at planting or choose a dwarf selection instead. For an avenue, work on 6 to 8 metres between trunks; for a pleached or clipped line trained along a wall, 3 to 4 metres, with the framework tied in from the first season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGround and water\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep soil that drains, improved with compost well beyond the planting hole, in full sun to part shade. It takes coastal wind, urban heat and frost once established. Growth is slow to moderate through the early years and lengthens as the root plate spreads, so water deeply in dry spells for the first few years rather than lightly and often, and mulch as wide as you can manage. Keep it back from paving and pool edges, because the leathery leaves shed all year and are slow to break down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDecide the skirt early\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLower limbs can be left to the ground for screening or lifted to show the trunk, but the decision has to be made while the tree is young: a mature magnolia will not regrow a skirt once it has been taken off. Prune in late winter to early spring before the flush, removing whole branches at the collar rather than shortening them back into leafy wood. Feed in early spring and again after flowering with a controlled release fertiliser formulated for acid loving plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhen a smaller selection is the better answer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-little-gem\"\u003eLittle Gem\u003c\/a\u003e gives much the same look at a fraction of the size and is the sensible pick on a suburban block, in a hedge or against a wall. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora-alta\"\u003eAlta\u003c\/a\u003e covers the narrow driveway or side setback where width is the constraint. Exmouth is for the site that can let a full sized magnolia do what it wants, and for anyone who specifically wants that two toned leaf at scale. It runs up through the grades into \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mature-trees-100l\"\u003emature trees\u003c\/a\u003e, so an established specimen can go straight in rather than being grown on from a small pot, which matters on a plant that will not be hurried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 200mm up to 1000L, priced from $52.95 to $14969.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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It came from a cross involving Little Gem and inherited a narrower leaf with a wavy margin and a thick rust brown felt on the underside, so the canopy has movement and colour contrast that the broad flat leaved forms lack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt flowers young, often within a season or two of planting, and repeats in flushes over summer rather than putting on a single show. The blooms are the classic large creamy white grandiflora cup with a lemon scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDensity is the practical advantage. It branches low and holds foliage close to the ground, which makes it usable as a clipped screen or a pleached row along a boundary, jobs the straight species is too coarse and too big for. Growth is unhurried, so advanced stock buys you years. Be aware that the leathery leaves are slow to break down and will sit on a lawn until raked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 200mm up to 200L, priced from $46.95 to $1379.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Botanists folded the genus into Magnolia, though the nursery trade still uses the old name, and the evergreen habit is what separates a plant like White Caviar from its bare-stemmed deciduous cousins. Glossy dark leaves stay on all year, and the flower buds sit tight against the stems in furry brown cases before opening creamy white and scented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvergreen michelias take clipping well, so this is a screening and hedging plant as much as a specimen. Give it soil that drains freely, keep it out of hot dry inland wind, and mulch to hold the root zone cool and even. Yellowing between the leaf veins usually means alkaline soil or roots sitting wet rather than a feeding problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune once flowering has finished so you are not cutting away next season's buds. Both the 300mm and 5lt plants are well past the tender stage and can go straight into a prepared bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 5L up to 300mm, priced from $29.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? 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It also begins flowering while still young, so a small pot is not a decade long wait, and the habit stays upright rather than sprawling sideways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWind ends the display, not frost\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are large, soft and carried with no leaf cover at all. An exposed corner, a windy fence line, or a gap between two buildings that funnels the breeze will shred and brown the petals within two or three days of them opening, and there is no second flush, so a whole season comes and goes in a week. That is the usual reason people are disappointed by a deciduous magnolia here, and it is a siting problem rather than a growing one. Put a building, a hedge or an established shrub group between the tree and the prevailing wind, and give it morning sun. A hard late frost on open blooms will brown them too, but on most Australian sites the wind gets there first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it belongs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistricts with a real winter: cool temperate and highland gardens through the south east, the tablelands and the cooler parts of the south west. In warm subtropical gardens the flowering is lighter and less reliable. Full sun to part shade, free draining soil improved with compost and sitting slightly acid, and a mulched surface rather than a cultivated bed. Keep water up through the first two summers, hold mulch back from the trunk, and plant in autumn or at the very start of spring. On an open site, stake a young leader for a season or two, as much to stop the root ball rocking as to hold it straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBuy the shape you want\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeciduous magnolias are slow to shoot from old wood, so hard reshaping is a permanent loss rather than a setback. Choose a plant that already has the framework you want and keep cutting to dead, damaged or crossing wood in the few weeks after flowering. Later than that and you are removing the buds set over summer for the following spring. Feed as the buds swell in late winter and again after flowering with a fertiliser blended for acid loving plants, and mulch each year with composted bark, clear of the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCleopatra against the paler types\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-cameo\"\u003eCameo\u003c\/a\u003e is the soft alternative with much the same flowering habit, and the choice is entirely about colour and background: Cleopatra for contrast against a light wall, Cameo for something quieter. If white is what you want, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-denudata-yulan\"\u003eYulan\u003c\/a\u003e carries upright white goblets with a light lemon scent on a broad rounded tree that needs noticeably more room. Cleopatra is the pick where space is limited, the colour has to carry, and you want flowers within the first few seasons. All three are stocked among the deciduous \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature trees\u003c\/a\u003e, and the decision runs colour first, then the width the site can give.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 250mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $71.95 to $289.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311446045041,"sku":null,"price":78.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311446077809,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311446110577,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311446143345,"sku":null,"price":82.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311446176113,"sku":null,"price":71.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311446241649,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446166270321,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-189-cleopatra-magnolia-magnolia-cleopatra_e2f4c403-146d-487d-8367-35f3006090a3.png?v=1785551848"},{"product_id":"magnolia-denudata-yulan","title":"Yulan Magnolia - Magnolia denudata Yulan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFat grey felted buds sit on bare wood through winter and open into white goblets held upright along the branches, carrying a light lemon scent that most of the coloured garden hybrids lost along the way. Yulan is the Chinese species standing behind a great many of those hybrids, and it builds a broad rounded small tree rather than a narrow one, with large clean leaves following the flowers. Planted at the end of a lawn or against a dark hedge that sets the white off, it will carry a garden on its own for a few weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIt opens earliest, and that is the risk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYulan is among the first of the deciduous magnolias to break, usually ahead of the saucer types, and pure white petals show every mark. One clear cold night on open flowers turns the display brown by morning, and there is no second flush to fall back on. The site is what decides this. Avoid frost hollows, the low point of a sloping block, and open lawn with clear sky above it, all of which radiate heat away overnight. Plant instead where a building, a canopy tree or a hedge holds a little warmth over the tree, and favour an aspect that warms gradually with morning sun rather than one that thaws hard and fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSoil and root zone\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich, free draining soil on the acid side, improved out wide rather than deep, in full sun to part shade. The fleshy roots run close to the surface, so mulch annually with composted bark or leaf litter and keep spades and cultivators out of the root zone entirely. Allow for a canopy close to as broad as it is tall. Plant in autumn or at the beginning of spring and water deeply through dry spells for the first few summers while the root system establishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWinter is part of the display\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike the evergreen magnolias, the framework here is on show for months, and the silvery buds are ornamental from midwinter onwards. That makes the branch structure worth thinking about: take out crossing or dead wood in the weeks after flowering, keep the cutting minimal, and let the outline stay open enough to see through. Buds for the next season form over summer, and magnolias shoot poorly from old wood, so a hard cut is a long term loss of shape rather than a season of it. Feed at the end of winter and once more when the flowers are done, with a controlled release complete fertiliser for acid loving trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYulan and its descendants\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/saucer-magnolia-magnolia-soulangeana\"\u003eMagnolia x soulangeana\u003c\/a\u003e was raised from this species and is the choice for pink and purple saucers on a wide multi stemmed frame. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-elizabeth\"\u003eElizabeth\u003c\/a\u003e, another descendant, is narrower and pyramidal with primrose yellow flowers, so it takes the position where width is limited. Yulan is what you plant when you want white, an upright flower shape and the scent, and when you can offer both room and shelter. It is grown on through the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced tree\u003c\/a\u003e grades for gardens that need presence early.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 300mm up to 500L, priced from $129.00 to $4139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311452696945,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311452729713,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500L","offer_id":64311452762481,"sku":null,"price":4139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311452828017,"sku":null,"price":1579.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311452860785,"sku":null,"price":739.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311452893553,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"110L","offer_id":64311452926321,"sku":null,"price":1099.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64311452959089,"sku":null,"price":2269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64446167581041,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-210-yulan-magnolia-magnolia-denudata-yulan_1e250483-dec4-491c-9fff-a43caf76df54.png?v=1785551875"},{"product_id":"magnolia-grandiflora-sweet-spire-1","title":"Evergreen Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora Sweet Spire","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo things separate Sweet Spire from an ordinary Magnolia grandiflora. The first is the frame: it holds a narrow, upright column rather than spreading into a broad dome, which is what makes it usable down a driveway or in the narrow gap between a boundary fence and a house wall. The second is the leaf, deep glossy green above with a warm rusty felt beneath that shows every time the wind turns it over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge white flowers open through the warmer months and carry the heavy lemon fragrance the species is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate, so buy close to the size you want rather than waiting on it. Give it deep, well drained soil that stays evenly moist. On limey ground the leaves go pale and yellow between the veins. Leathery leaf drop happens year round and breaks down slowly, so it is a poor choice directly over a pool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvanced sizes ship on our flat $99 rate to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 200mm up to 50L, priced from $46.95 to $469.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311458791793,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311458890097,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311458922865,"sku":null,"price":46.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64311458955633,"sku":null,"price":469.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311459021169,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311459053937,"sku":null,"price":309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64446168367473,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64446168400241,"sku":null,"price":569.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"420mm","offer_id":64446168433009,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/ohHchKHQTJ_GfDiAacvZR_mZJZEOir.jpg?v=1787629645"},{"product_id":"magnolia-teddy-bear-pbr","title":"Magnolia Teddy Bear PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the full sized southern magnolias that end up dwarfing the house they were planted against, Teddy Bear stays dense, upright and narrow enough to use as a screen along a boundary or as a pair either side of an entry. The leaves do the work: thick, very dark and glossy above, with a deep rusty brown felt underneath that shows every time the wind turns them. Large white flowers open on and off through the warmer months and carry a heavy lemon scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate, so buy the size you actually want rather than waiting on it. Give it deep, free draining soil that stays moist. In shallow, alkaline or limey ground the foliage goes pale between the veins and the plant sulks for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne detail landscapers forget: the fallen leaves are leathery and slow to break down, so avoid planting it over pool paving or a pebble bed you like keeping clean. Sizes run from 300mm up to 200lt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 200L, priced from $139.00 to $899.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311469474161,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311469506929,"sku":null,"price":899.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311469539697,"sku":null,"price":599.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Yokeq3cRptJkOSvw7-T8s_1OeVwEwl.jpg?v=1787629722"},{"product_id":"magnolia-cameo","title":"Magnolia Cameo","description":"\u003cp\u003eCameo is a deciduous magnolia that flowers on bare wood in late winter and early spring, before a leaf appears, in soft pale tones rather than the pinks and purples most people picture. The colour is quiet, which cuts both ways: it vanishes against a rendered wall or a light coloured fence and reads beautifully against a dark hedge, brickwork or a stand of evergreens. After flowering the tree leafs up into a clean green canopy for summer and drops it again in autumn, so plan the backdrop before you plan the position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBare root stock has to go straight in\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCameo is offered lifted bare root over winter as well as potted, and that is where it usually goes wrong. Magnolia roots are fleshy and brittle rather than fibrous, and they will not tolerate drying out or sitting in a bag in a shed for a fortnight. A plant whose roots have dried leafs out weakly in its first spring, then stalls, and frequently fails to come away at all the following year. Have the hole dug before the plant arrives, keep the roots covered and damp from the moment you unwrap them, spread them out sideways instead of folding them into a narrow hole, and water in the same day. Potted stock is more forgiving, though not indefinitely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDepth, soil and climate\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet the top of the root ball level with or slightly above the surrounding soil. Planted deep, or with mulch heaped against the trunk, magnolias rot at the collar and sulk for a year or two before going backwards for good. Soil should be free draining and on the acid side, improved with compost across a wide area, then mulched rather than dug. Full sun to part shade, with morning sun and shelter from the hot westerly, keeps the pale flowers clean and stops the summer leaves scorching. Deciduous magnolias need a real winter to flower properly, which puts this one at home in temperate southern and highland gardens and makes it harder work where winter chill is short.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCutting costs you the next season\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlower buds for the following spring form through summer, so anything beyond the lightest tidy up in the weeks after flowering removes the display before it happens. Keep it to dead, damaged or crossing wood and leave the shape alone. Feed once as the buds swell and again after flowering with a complete slow release fertiliser for acid loving plants, watered in well. An annual mulch of composted leaf litter does more for this tree than heavy feeding, and it beats cultivating the bed underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCameo or one of the coloured types\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-cleopatra\"\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/a\u003e sits at the opposite end of the range, deep pink to wine purple, and carries from the far end of a garden where Cameo asks to be seen close up or given a dark background. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/saucer-magnolia-magnolia-soulangeana\"\u003eMagnolia x soulangeana\u003c\/a\u003e is the broad multi stemmed shrub or low tree, frequently as wide as it is tall, and it needs an open lawn to look right. Cameo is carried in a short run of sizes among the deciduous \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e here, including bare root grades lifted for winter planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $71.95 to $149.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311484318065,"sku":null,"price":78.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311484350833,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311484383601,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311484416369,"sku":null,"price":71.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446171545969,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-218-cameo-magnolia-magnolia-cameo_a47f2e64-014d-4ad4-9865-6386cee5e04f.png?v=1785551995"},{"product_id":"michelia-fairy-white","title":"Michelia Fairy White (Magnolia)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFairy White is one of the evergreen michelia hybrids bred to give port wine magnolia perfume on a plant that behaves like a hedge. It holds glossy dark foliage right down to the ground instead of going bare at the base the way older michelias do, and that density makes it useful. White, scented flowers open in succession through spring, each short lived, the display running for weeks. It is planted as a flowering evergreen screen, an informal hedge, or a specimen in a lawn or large pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSoil and spacing for Fairy White\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt grows through temperate and subtropical gardens and takes part shade to full sun, flowering more heavily with sun and holding better leaf colour with some afternoon protection in hot inland districts. Water is moderate and steady rather than heavy. The soil is where it is fussy: free draining, on the acidic side, improved with compost and kept mulched. In alkaline ground or heavy clay that stays wet, the leaves go pale between the veins, the plant stops moving and no amount of feeding brings it back, and that is the one failure this plant reliably has. Raise the bed, work compost and gypsum through clay, or grow it in a pot with a good mix instead. Shelter it from harsh drying wind, which burns the leaf edges and spoils the density you bought it for. For a screen or hedge, plant about 80 cm to 1 m apart depending on how quickly you want the line to close. Plants in containers dry at the edges first, so a wide pot holds a screen better than a tall narrow one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFairy White, murraya and lemon myrtle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hedge decision in this batch usually comes down to climate. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/orange-jessamine-murraya-paniculata\"\u003eMurraya\u003c\/a\u003e clips into a harder, flatter, more formal face and perfumes a whole garden after summer rain, but it resents frost and looks miserable through a cold inland winter. Fairy White handles cooler southern gardens, flowers in spring and gives a softer, more informal line. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/backhousia-citriodora\"\u003eLemon myrtle\u003c\/a\u003e is the third option and the aromatic one, though it wants warmth and carries a rust risk. Pick Fairy White for Melbourne, Adelaide and the tablelands; pick murraya for Brisbane and coastal New South Wales. All three take a clip, but Fairy White is the one that keeps a clean skirt of foliage at the bottom of a pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePruning straight after flowering\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrune as soon as the spring flowers finish, before the plant makes the growth that carries next season's buds. A light shaping cut is usually all it needs, and shearing it repeatedly into a tight box costs you the flowers. To keep the base dense, tip prune the lower growth rather than only working the top. Feed in early spring with a controlled release fertiliser for acid loving plants, the same sort used on camellias and gardenias, then top up mulch. Container plants benefit from a second, lighter feed after flowering. Browse the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/privacy-screening\"\u003eprivacy screening\u003c\/a\u003e range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 45L, at $269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311490642289,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"26L","offer_id":64446171971953,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-179-fairy-white-michelia-michelia-fairy-white_fb9cfed7-f173-4e5e-8718-6f100bb634cb.png?v=1785552034"},{"product_id":"magnolia-kay-parris-pbr","title":"Magnolia Kay Parris PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eKay Parris sits between Little Gem and the full sized evergreen magnolias in most respects, and that is the point of it. The leaves are narrower with a distinctly wavy edge and a dense rust brown felt on the underside that shows every time wind lifts them. It also tends to hold foliage lower on the plant for longer than Little Gem, which is what makes it work as a screen rather than only as a specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate, so it suits a narrow bed against a boundary or a formal row where you do not want to be pruning constantly. Large creamy white cup flowers with a lemon scent appear on quite young plants, mainly through the warm months and then more sporadically. Full sun to part shade, moderate water and a good mulch layer, and do not let it dry out badly in its first couple of summers. Available in 12lt, 30lt and 90lt. Flat $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders of $399 or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 12L up to 90L, priced from $109.00 to $589.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"30L","offer_id":64311492313457,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12L","offer_id":64311492346225,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311492378993,"sku":null,"price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/VWo41SpdRXyKb159B6iyD_xcTheKhs.jpg?v=1787629996"},{"product_id":"magnolia-grandiflora","title":"Evergreen Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuying the straight species rather than a compact selection changes how you use this tree. Magnolia grandiflora is the large evergreen magnolia, not Little Gem, and given time and room it becomes a broad, deeply shading specimen with heavy, leathery, dark green leaves backed in rust-coloured felt. The cream flowers are very large, come through the warmer months and carry a strong lemon scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate, so at 75L you are buying back a good part of that wait. It takes full sun or part shade and prefers moisture and a slightly acidic, free-draining soil; on limey ground the foliage yellows between the veins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarnings for a paved or lawn setting: leaf drop is constant, heavy and slow to break down, and surface roots eventually lift turf near the trunk. Keep it clear of small courtyards, do not plan to reduce it later with hard pruning, and water it properly through the first two summers. Delivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, on orders from $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 75L, at $509.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"75L","offer_id":64311494214001,"sku":null,"price":509.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/q96D0FTzoQhY7IRKOU_3Q_JJ6gx3ZG.jpg?v=1787629997"},{"product_id":"magnolia-elizabeth","title":"Magnolia Elizabeth","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth flowers yellow, which almost nothing else deciduous does. It is a cross between the American cucumber tree and the Chinese yulan magnolia, raised at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and it took an upright pyramidal frame from one parent and large tulip shaped flowers from the other. The blooms open on bare wood in spring, ahead of the leaves, in a soft primrose yellow that fades towards cream as the weather warms. That rarity is worth planting for on its own, and the narrow pyramid keeps it usable as a specimen rather than a spreading shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe yellow is climate dependent\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the thing to understand before buying. Primrose yellow holds deepest and longest through the highlands, the tablelands and cooler southern gardens. In a warm spring the flowers open much closer to cream and the display runs shorter. Nothing has gone wrong when that happens; it is how the cultivar behaves in warmth. If the colour is the reason you want the tree, be honest about the district first. The yellow also reads far better against a dark hedge or an evergreen background than it does against open sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA root zone that bakes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnolia roots are fleshy and sit close to the surface. Elizabeth planted in thin soil over clay, in open lawn with no mulch, or in a hot western aspect scorches around the leaf margins by midsummer, sheds leaves early and sets fewer buds for the following spring. The tree looks fine in its first season and then declines quietly over two or three years, which is why the cause usually goes unnoticed. Mulch generously out past the canopy and renew it annually, keep the mower and the line trimmer away from the base, do not underplant with anything that needs regular cultivation, and water deeply in dry spells rather than lightly and often. The ground wants to be open and humus rich with a slightly acid reaction, and worked out sideways from the trunk rather than down. Morning sun and shelter from hot westerlies. A late frost will brown open flowers, though the tree itself takes the cold without trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHolding the pyramid\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shape is the second reason to buy this tree, and it is easy to lose. Stake a young plant for a season or two so the leader stays vertical, and take out any competing leader early while the cut is still small. Deciduous magnolias do not shoot readily from old wood, so correcting the frame later is not really an option. Prune straight after flowering if at all, and give it a feed as winter ends and another when the flowers are over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElizabeth against its parent and the pink types\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-denudata-yulan\"\u003eYulan\u003c\/a\u003e is one of its parents, which makes the comparison a fair one. Yulan gives clean white goblets with a light lemon scent on a broad rounded tree and needs the width to sit properly, while Elizabeth is narrower and upright. Take Yulan where there is room and you want the traditional white, Elizabeth where the space is vertical or where yellow does something nothing else in the garden is doing. Against \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-cleopatra\"\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/a\u003e and the pink and purple types, Elizabeth reads much quieter and sits more comfortably beside warm brick and sandstone. It runs through to \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mature-trees-100l\"\u003emature tree\u003c\/a\u003e grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 400mm, priced from $149.00 to $249.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/magnolias-in-australian-gardens\"\u003echoosing a magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311499456881,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311499489649,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311499587953,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446172463473,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64446172496241,"sku":null,"price":719.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-194-elizabeth-magnolia-magnolia-elizabeth_360cf255-9776-4308-bcb9-634582374998.png?v=1785552090"},{"product_id":"magnolia-little-gem","title":"Magnolia Little Gem","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Gem and Teddy Bear get confused in nurseries constantly, and the difference matters when you are buying for a specific job. Both are compact evergreen forms of Magnolia grandiflora with rusty brown felting on the leaf undersides, but Little Gem is the narrower, more upright and slightly more open of the two, with smaller leaves, which is why it is the one usually specified for a boundary screen or for pleaching against a wall. Teddy Bear is denser and rounder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are large, creamy white and lemon scented, appearing intermittently across a long warm season rather than all at once. Growth is unhurried, so buy close to the size you need rather than expecting speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep water up through the first few summers while roots establish, mulch well, and expect older leaves to yellow and drop in spring, which is normal renewal. Orders over $399 ship for a flat $99 into QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 5L up to 30L, priced from $37.95 to $209.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? 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