Plant: Royal Star - Magnolia Deciduous
Magnolia Deciduous · Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star'
Size: 2 gal
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More about this plant
A slow growing, multi stemmed deciduous magnolia of about 15 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide, valued for large, fragrant, double white star shaped flowers made up of many strap shaped tepals. It blooms later than most star magnolias, in late winter to early spring before the leathery leaves emerge, and the foliage turns gold yellow in fall over smooth mottled gray bark. Give it full sun to partial shade in moist, organically rich, well drained acidic soil, and shelter it from late winter winds. Its size and profuse bloom suit lawns, patios, woodland edges and foundation beds.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 15 ft wide
- Blooms in winter, spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 4a-8b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A slow growing, multi stemmed deciduous magnolia of about 15 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide, valued for large, fragrant, double white star shaped flowers made up of many strap shaped tepals. It blooms later than most star magnolias, in late winter to early spring before the leathery leaves emerge, and the foliage turns gold yellow in fall over smooth mottled gray bark. Give it full sun to partial shade in moist, organically rich, well drained acidic soil, and shelter it from late winter winds. Its size and profuse bloom suit lawns, patios, woodland edges and foundation beds.
- Flowers
- Large, fragrant, double white star shaped flowers with many strap shaped tepals open in late winter to early spring, later than most star magnolias.
- Foliage
- Alternate, simple, narrow oblong to obovate leathery leaves two and a half to four inches long, turning gold yellow in fall.
- Pruning
- Prune after flowering; needs protection from late winter winds.
- Native range
- South Central Honshu, Japan; introduced to the United States in the 1860s
