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Lennei Saucer Magnolia

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei'

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Lennei Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei') at Lakeshore Garden Centres

Lennei Saucer Magnolia flowers

Lennei Saucer Magnolia flowers

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Lennei Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei') at Lakeshore Garden Centres

Lennei Saucer Magnolia in bloom

Lennei Saucer Magnolia in bloom

(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)

Height:  20 feet

Spread:  20 feet

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  6a

Description:

This wonderful accent tree features breathtaking cup-shaped and fragrant purple flowers with white insides in spring, coarse foliage and large spreading habit of growth; the perfect accent for the front yard, flowers are sensitive to late spring frosts

Ornamental Features

Lennei Saucer Magnolia is covered in stunning fragrant fuchsia cup-shaped flowers with white overtones held atop the branches in early spring before the leaves. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The large pointy leaves turn coppery-bronze in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Lennei Saucer Magnolia is a multi-stemmed deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Lennei Saucer Magnolia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent

Planting & Growing

Lennei Saucer Magnolia will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet 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 80 years or more.

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth, but will die in standing water. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.

 
 
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Accent 
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Flowers  Texture 
Ornamental Features