University of Wisconsin-Madison | Botany Plant Growth Facilities
Botanical Garden
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Genus: Magnolia Species: X soulangiana 'Alexandrina' Common Name: Saucer Magnolia Family: Magnoliaceae Order: Magnoliales Native: Parents are M. heptapeta X M. quinquepeta Habit: Tree Height: 15 to 25 feet Width: 15 to 25 feet Flowering Season: Early Spring Flower Color: Purple Propagation: Seed, layering, grafting or stem cutting Zone: 4-9 Note: This multi-trunked plant has wide variety of flower colors, which appear before its leaves. Flowers are large, fragrant, and produce cone-like fruits that turn red at maturity. Saucer Magnolia has many different cultivars and is suitable as a specimen tree. This plant is very difficult to transplant. M. X soulangiana is a hybrid between M. denudata and M. liliiflora. The cross was done in the early 1800s by Chevalier Etienne Soulange-Bodin, Director of the French Royal Institute. Prefers sunny to partly shady, moist, well-drained, loamy, organic-rich soil. |
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