Magnolia 'Lolanthe' (Lolanthe Magnolia)
Botanical Information
Family | Magnoliaceae |
Genus | Magnolia |
Cultivar | 'Lolanthe' |
Category | Woody |
Type | Shrub (deciduous) |
Origin | Lolanthe is a New Zealand magnolia hybrid bred and introduced by Felix M. Jury in 1984. |
Details
USDA Hardiness Zone | 6a-9b |
USDA Hardiness Ref. | |
Canadian Hardiness Zone | 7 |
Canada Hardiness Ref. | |
RHS Hardiness Zone | H3-H7 |
RHS Hardiness Ref. | |
Temperature (°C) | -23.3- (-1.1) |
Temperature (°F) | -10-30 |
Height | 4-6 m |
Spread | 3-4 m |
Growth | Medium |
Flowering Period | April |
Description and Growing Information
Landscape | Used as a specimen plant. |
Propagation | Propagated from softwood cuttings taken in the spring. |
Cultivation | Prefers well drained, neutral to acid soils in full sun. |
Notable Specimens | Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
Leaf Description | A fresh green, ovate to obovate leaf which densely cover the whole plant when in leaf. |
Flower Description | Large flowers that open from deep rosy pink buds into somewhat rounded flowers that are pinky-purple outside and almost white inside with a very conspicuous centre full of red stamens which makes it look like a giant poppy flower. |
Photographs
![Magnolia 'Lolanthe', form. Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Magnolia 'Lolanthe', form. Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.](photos/Magnolia-Iolanthe-cc-frm.jpg)
Magnolia 'Lolanthe', form. Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
![Magnolia 'Lolanthe', leaf bud, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Magnolia 'Lolanthe', leaf bud, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.](photos/Magnolia-Iolanthe-tren-bd1.jpg)
Magnolia 'Lolanthe', leaf bud, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
![Magnolia 'Lolanthe', flower, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Magnolia 'Lolanthe', flower, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.](photos/Magnolia-Iolanthe-tren-flw1.jpg)
Magnolia 'Lolanthe', flower, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
![Magnolia 'Lolanthe', form. Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Magnolia 'Lolanthe', form. Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.](photos/Magnolia-Iolanthe-cc-frm-2.jpg)
Magnolia 'Lolanthe', form. Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
![Magnolia 'Lolanthe', bark, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Magnolia 'Lolanthe', bark, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.](photos/Magnolia-Iolanthe-tren-bk1.jpg)
Magnolia 'Lolanthe', bark, Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.