Photo of Sweet Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) uploaded by mellielong

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Sweet Bay Magnolia by haunpamela Aug 11, 2021 8:15 AM 1
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Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: May 6, 2014
heavenly scent
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2018-08-18
Pretty shiny berries/seeds
Location: Tyler Arboretum in southeast PA near Media
Date: winter in 2011
tree in winter
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-29
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: January 30, 2023
Loblolly bay Magnolia #192; RAB p. 473, 80-1-1; AG p. 49, 2-1-?;
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-29

Date: 2008-07-04

Date: 2023-06-06
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-27
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-27
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2019-04-07
Location: Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2022-06-07
Location: 382 River Road, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: August 13, 2015
Magnolia virginiana is the host species for several butterflies.
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 26, 2022
Loblolly bay Magnolia #192; RAB p. 473, 80-1-1; AG p. 49, 2-1-?;
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Date: 2018-06-13
wild tree at large pond edge in bloom
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-07
Sweetbay Magnolia 001

Date: c. 1925
illustration from Walcott's 'North American Wild Flowers', 1925
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-27
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2014-04-16
Bud getting ready to open.  Had kind of a lemony smell to it.
Location: My yard, Archer, Florida
Date: 2019-05-18
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2017-12-21
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2008-06-13
solitary white flower

Date: 2013-09-02
Pod opening to show bright red seeds.

Date: 2023-06-06
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-03-07
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-09
Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay Magnolia 014 text
Location: Tyler Arboretum
photo by Derek Ramsey.
Location: Tyler Arboretum
Date: September
photo by Derek Ramsey.
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 26, 2022
Loblolly bay Magnolia #192; RAB p. 473, 80-1-1; AG p. 49, 2-1-?;
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-09-22
follicle cluster of red seeds
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-07-28
Sweetbay Magnolia Seed Pod 002

Date: 2011-01-23
Hardy to zone 5 but sometimes it will lose its foliage due to col
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-09-26
Note the leaf turned up to show the white on the underside of the

Date: c. 1865
illustration by P. J. Redouté from Michaux's 'The North American

François André Michaux North American Sylva, Plate 52 (P.J.Redo
Location: Along the Alligator River... somewhere in North Carolina | June, 2022. And yes, we did see an alligator.
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-31
upper crown

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Date: 2013-06-05
Pure white flowers that open late and are not bothered by frost.
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2015-05-24
This is about a 10 year old tree growing next to a small lake
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2015-05-25
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-05-14
Just starting to open and already smells great!
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-05-17
Bought this tree about three months ago.  I'm hoping to attract T
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-29
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 26, 2022
Loblolly bay Magnolia #192; RAB p. 473, 80-1-1; AG p. 49, 2-1-?;
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-06-30
Location: Tyler Arboretum in southeast PA near Media
Date: 2011-08-24
full-grown tree in summer
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-09-22
leaves, trunks, fruit

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

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