Description

This beautiful evergreen variety makes a great accent, smothered in showy and fragrant white cup-shaped flowers in spring and early summer; beautiful, large, glossy leaves and a compact, upright habit of growth

Landscape Attributes

Summer Snowflake Magnolia is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

Summer Snowflake Magnolia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Summer Snowflake Magnolia will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.