| Description | A beautiful hybrid Magnolia with white flowers flushed with purple-pink. |
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| Pronunciation | (mag-NO-li-ah)(LEEB-ner-eye) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | USDA 4-9, Sunset zones 2-9 |
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | tolerant of a wide range |
| Flowers | white 5" flowers have 12 tepals flushed with purple-pink, blooms early to mid-April. |
| Leaves | simple, green, alternate. |
| Stems | terminal buds are pubescent, bark on the trunk is smooth and gray |
| Dimensions | small slow growing. 20-30' at maturity |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings taken in midsummer treated with 0.8% IBA |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a chance cross between M. Kobus and M stellata "Rosea". It was raised in Colonel Messel's gardens in Sussex England around 1955. |
| Misc Facts | The genus loebneri is named after Max Loebner the original hybridizer of M kobus x M. stellata around 1917. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), Horticulture Magazine, April 2003, "What to Plant", Tom Fischer |
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