Magnolia × loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
Common name: 
Leonard Messel Magnolia
Pronunciation: 
mag-NO-li-a LEB-ner-i
Family: 
Magnoliaceae
Genus: 
Magnolia
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf deciduous tree/shrub, to about 25 ft tall and 20 ft wide (~8 × 6 m)), rounded outline.   Flowers are abundant, about 12 cm across, with 12-15 drooping, strap-like petals (tepals), flower color on the back of the petals may vary in different years, from pale pink to rich pink, the inside is white; fragrant and rather frost resistant.  Blooms in late winter to early spring.
  • Sun or partial shade, acid, well-drained soil.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 4.   Flower buds showed little damage at -32° F in the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (Snyder, 2000).
  • This chance hybrid is from a cross between M. kobus and M. stellata 'Rosea'. It was raised in Sussex, England in the 1950s and registered in 1955 (Gardiner, 2000).
  • Corvallis: Cloverland Park, corner 29th St. and Arthur Ave.
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  • plant habit, flowering

    plant habit, flowering

  • opening flower bud

    opening flower bud

  • flowers

    flowers

  • flower

    flower

  • flower, inside

    flower, inside

  • flowers, somewhat darker

    flowers, somewhat darker

  • leaves

    leaves

  • Immature fruit and leaves

    Immature fruit and leaves

  • winter buds, vegetative and flower

    winter buds, vegetative and flower