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Magnolia x veitchii
'Peter Veitch'
Veitch's Magnolia, Peter Veitch Magnolia
Origin: Peter Veitch was a plant collector and nursery person in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom, who, in 1907, successfully crossed M campbellii (saucer-shaped pink flowers) with M denudata (cup-shaped erect white flowers) and produced M. x veitchii 'Peter Veitch'
| Family |
| Magnoliaceae |
| Genus |
| Magnolia |
| Species |
| x veitchii |
| Cultivar |
| 'Peter Veitch' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H4 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 20 - 30 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -7 - (-1) |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| The tree produces an abundance of flowers well ahead of the emergence of the leaves. |
| Landscape |
| Used as a specimen plant. |
| Shape |
| Rounded to broadly spreading. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Scale insects, honey fungus, and coral spot. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Twigs are yellow-green, later grey to ochre. |
| Leaf Description |
| Dark green leaves can be up to 22 cm long and are tinged with purple when young. |
| Flower Description |
| Flowers are large, white and flushed purple-pink. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Trewidden Garden, Cornwall, England. Caerhays Castle, Gorran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Lanhydrock House and Garden, Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trengwainton Garden, Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Propagation |
| Propagated from softwood cuttings taken in the spring. |
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