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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 40 - 80 feet
Plant Spread: 20 - 40 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Flowering Tree
Pollinators: Beetles
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Magnolia
  • Pink Tulip Tree

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Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2012-03-25
A magnificent specimen at Howick, planted in 1932.  It flowered f
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28

Date: c. 1855
illustration by J. D. Hooker and W. H. Fitch from Hooker's 'Illus

Date: c. 1855
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Hooker's 'Illustrations of Himal
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-04-09
Location: Parc floral de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Thesupermat
Location: Parc floral de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Thesupermat
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