| Description | A yellow flowering Magnolia, flowering before the leaves uncurl. |
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| Pronunciation | (mag-NO-li-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | grows best in full sun, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average to rich, well drained, slightly acid |
| Flowers | a later blooming Magnolia, butter yellow, primrose yellow, consists of 6-9 tepels |
| Fruit | aggregate of follicles fruit, dries to brown |
| Stems | pubescence buds are a good identification feature of this plant |
| Dimensions | 35 feet tall with a spread of 15, pyramidal |
| Maintenance | pruning should be done after flowering, best planted in a spot protected from the wind, this will help cut down on flowers being shatter by the wind |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | A cross made by Eva Marie Sperber (Brooklyn Botanic Gardens) between Magnolia acuminata x M. denudata in 1956. Named in honour of Elizabeth van Brunt, a patron of the gardens. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr), #86-A Gardner’s Guide to Magnolias (Gardiner) |
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