Seasonal Interest and Photographs

Magnolia virginiana L.
 
Sweet Bay Magnolia

Flowers: Creamy white and extremely fragrant, beginning in mid May then sporadically through summer.

Foliage: Medium to light green, underside of leaf silvery white.

Fruit: Dark red, knobby, splitting to reveal orange seeds.

Trunk, Branching, Twigs: Green twigs.

 

Location: Horticultural Research Farm.

Photographs: Click on an image to see a larger version:

summer form fruit and foliage small-leaved cultivar flower and foliage form (Jim Robbins)

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