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Plant: Bracken's Brown Beauty - Magnolia
Magnolia · Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
A compact, dense and cold hardy selection of the native Southern magnolia growing to around 30 feet, with smaller leaves than the species, roughly 6 inches long, glossy dark green above and covered beneath in a striking rusty brown felt. Fragrant creamy white flowers 5 to 6 inches across open in late spring, followed by cone like fruits in fall that release rose red seeds birds and small mammals take. It is winter hardy to zone 6 and tolerates salt, wind, wet soil and urban conditions. Its density makes it one of the better magnolias for a tall evergreen screen. Expect leaf and fruit litter through the year.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 30 ft tall and 40 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 6a-10b
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A compact, dense and cold hardy selection of the native Southern magnolia growing to around 30 feet, with smaller leaves than the species, roughly 6 inches long, glossy dark green above and covered beneath in a striking rusty brown felt. Fragrant creamy white flowers 5 to 6 inches across open in late spring, followed by cone like fruits in fall that release rose red seeds birds and small mammals take. It is winter hardy to zone 6 and tolerates salt, wind, wet soil and urban conditions. Its density makes it one of the better magnolias for a tall evergreen screen. Expect leaf and fruit litter through the year.
- Flowers
- Fragrant creamy white saucer shaped flowers 5 to 6 inches across open in late spring with sparse summer repeat.
- Foliage
- Leathery evergreen leaves about 6 inches long, smaller than the species, glossy dark green above with a distinctly rusty brown felted underside.
- Fruit
- Cone like fruiting clusters ripen in September and October and release rose red coated seeds on slender red threads.
- Bark & stems
- The bark is brown to gray and smooth when young. As the tree ages, close plates or scales develop.
- Pruning
- Lower branches tend to reach the ground and can be pruned out to appear more tree-like.
- Native range
- Southeastern United States, Maryland southwest to Texas and southeast to Florida
