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This is a subspecies of Magnolia macrophylla that grows in the cloud forest at high altitude in eastern Mexico. This variety is less hardy than the other 2 subspecies and is a large grower with handsome foliage. It starts to flower at a young age and reasonable size as can be seen from this flower...

This was introduced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Boston. It is derived from Magnolia stellata Waterlily and inherits the characteristic of showing a hint of pink, especially in a cool season. This is a very free flowering plant which makes a r...

This is a magnificent tree from Caerhay’s Castle in Cornwall. Imported by Peter Cave, this is one of the forms collected from the wild. It has a distinctive coarse textured bark, different to most other magnolias. Beautiful sculpted flowers like porcelain are produced after about 4 years. Foli...

This is one of the best coloured yellow hybrids forming a small to medium sized rounded tree to about 4m in 10 years. It has received mixed reviews overseas with many references saying it takes up to 10 years to settle down to blooming, but this is DEFINIETLY NOT OUR EXPERIENCE. We have had Butterf...

Magnolia ashei is classed as a subspecies of Magnolia macrophylla. This is probably the best garden plant of the species as it is the smallest grower. The foliage is generally healthier looking than ssp macrophylla. It occurs naturally in a limited range in northern Florida, where it lives in canyon...

Raised by Vance Hooper at Duncan and Davies and named about 1995.Special features:A compact free flowering hybrid that originally flowered 2 years from seed. Upright sturdy growth on a bush that likes to clump from the base. Dark, healthy foliage that offsets the numerous summer flowers. Spring flo...

This is thought to be a hybrid with wonderful perfume. It is difficult to propagate but we have managed to do it after years of experimentation.It a native plant of Java and is grown throughout South East Asia so it is a little tender and can only tolerate a few degrees of frost. It can be grown su...

This has been grown for many years by Peter Cave and is probably Michelia floribunda. Aptly named as it has masses of creamy scented flowers on a rounded tree to 4m in 10 years. New growth is covered with silky bronze hairs like a shiny cinnamon dusting, and the plant is quite hardy with inland clim...

This variety was selected by John Wills from Trelinoe, the garden he and his wife Fiona have developed over the last forty years or so. It was originally obtained as a seedling of magnolia campbellii and flowered particularly well with a very impressive white flushed pink bloom. SKU: 30 Category: Ra...

This variety was selected at Duncan and Davies in the 1950’s or 60’s when it layered better than the other forms by setting flower buds on the first year layers. The tree has a rounded canopy with masses of flowers that fill the garden with a spicy sweet perfume.

Deryk’ is named in honour of Deryk Lawrence who, along with his wife Nancy, developed a garden over a period of 20 years at Otamarakau, south of Te Puke. As the garden developed, wild magnolia seedlings came up and Deryk quietly took them aside and lined them out to see how they flowered. The...

Cook Splendour’ was raised from a seedling at Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust as part of the original plantings, with a number of seedlings planted around the gardens. These seedlings were imported from Hilliers Nursery about 1951 by Douglas Cook when he was planting at Eastwood Hill. He donated a...

Cleopatra’ has a very similar colour to her great grandfather ‘Lanarth’. An attractive crystaline red-purple that almost has a metalic sheen. The growth habit is an upright small tree with a columnar to pyramidal habit. ‘Cleopatra’ will produce summer flowers, particul...

NEW RELEASE FOR 2013.Cameo is a sister seedling to Cleopatra and is the latest release from the Magnolia Grove breeding program. A stunning bloom with a sculpted form like a cameo broach. Reddish purple exterior with clean white flushed red-purple interior. Cameo has exceptional flower power, secon...

Brixton Salmon flowered 4 years from seed and is a hybrid of ‘Genie’ x ‘Sir Harold Hillier’.We didn’t propagate it for a few years due to its strong growing habit, but as it was an unusual rich salmon colour and flowered profusely we have done a few. Be prepared for a l...

Brixton Belle (Sweet Simplicity x Black Tulip) x ‘Sir Harold Hillier’This is our flagship variety and one of the ultimate hybrids from Magnolia Grove.This is an exciting new hybrid born and bred in the district of Brixton, North Taranaki, New Zealand. Finally we have an instant Magnolia...

(M. soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ x M. cylindrica)‘Billowing Cloud’ was raised from open pollinated seed at Duncan and Davies by Vance Hooper.Special features: ‘Billowing Cloud’ develops a rounded habit to about 3m in 10 years. It is very free flowering and the flowers...

Magnolia ‘Aurora’ was raised by Os Blumhardt of Whangarei and is probably his best hybrid. It is a cross between ‘Starwars’ and M. sargentiana var robusta. It forms a columnar tree with an upright habit and settles down to flower in the second or third year from planting. On...

(‘Sayonara’ x ‘Vulcan’)A hybrid raised at the Auckland Botanic Gardens by Stuart Robertson about 2000, and named about 2007.Special features:A reasonably strong growing rounded tree that presents its flowers well and in abundance. This tree will get big with age.ÂThe rich co...

Raised by Felix Jury, Apollo is a very free flowering hybrid with large reddish purple almost campbellii flowers and sturdy growth. The freeness of flowering means it takes longer to make a big tree as it flowers over a long period in spring, and again in summer. The tree forms a rounded canopy to a...

Heavy flowering compact spreading tree to 3.5m. Chanceseedling selected by Deryk Lawrence from the garden.Rich red-purple flowers look like Iolanthe x Vulcan.

This variety was raised at Duncan and Davies and a hybrid of ‘Burgundy’ x ‘Vulcan’ and it forms a rounded bush or small tree to 4m in 10 years. The growth is sturdy and spreading upward, with medium to large reddish purple flowers that are white within. SKU: 100 Category: Rai...

MAGNOLIA STILL ME is a rounded small tree or large bush to about 3m across after 10 years. The well formed warm pink flowers are produced in the later part of the magnolia season. The photo above was taken mid September. The healthy small to medium sized foliage stages a good crop of summer flowers...

Ice Queen is a new release for 2018 that combines the best of both parents: Magnolia ‘Cameo’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Mount Pirongia’.It has resulted in a medium to large sized white campbellii in the ilk of Mt Pirongia with well rounded tepals grouped in the classical cup a...