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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 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 20 to 60 feet
Plant Spread: 20 to 45 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: With pink blush
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Cut Flower
Resistances: Humidity tolerant

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Common names
  • Loebner Magnolia
  • Magnolia
  • Saucer Magnolia

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Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2024-03-03
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-16
Magnolia (Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-16
Magnolia (Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill').
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California zone 9b
Date: 2020-02-20
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-09-23

photo credit: A. Barra

Date: c. 1954
photo from the 1954 catalog, Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-04-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-04-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-04-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2011-04-10
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2011-04-10
Location: Cooks Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-26
Location: Cooks Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-26
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