{"id":4138,"date":"2015-03-11T09:06:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2024-01-24T06:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:55:38","slug":"ive-got-a-bad-case-of-magnolia-lust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/ive-got-a-bad-case-of-magnolia-lust\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve got a bad case of magnolia lust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magnolias are a romantic bunch, thought of like southern belles with a blousy bloom, a fleeting moment of floral perfection. Whenever I confess to love them madly, I\u2019m met with a questioning glance. This does not equate. She of the spikes, desert plants and love of foliage\u2026magnolias? Yes!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If I had acreage I would plant multiples of all my favorites, the ones I know now and ones I\u2019ve yet to discover. Naturally my first magnolia crush was on <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/19074\/magnolia-grandiflora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnolia grandiflora<\/a>, could there be a better way to start?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4155\" aria-describedby=\"figcaption_attachment_4155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia_flower_Duke_campus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"contentURL\" class=\"wp-image-4155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia_flower_Duke_campus.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia_flower_Duke_campus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia_flower_Duke_campus.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia_flower_Duke_campus-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia_flower_Duke_campus-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_4155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" itemprop=\"description\">Magnolia grandiflora on Duke University Campus, photo credit to <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:DavetheMage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DavetheMage<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A grand old tree grew just outside my apartment on Seattle&#8217;s Capitol Hill. I must admit (although I\u2019m not proud of this) a few blooms came inside to grace my bedside table. Fallen leaves became material for Christmas garlands and many\u00a0wreaths.<\/p>\n<p>As luck would have it (because I\u2019m not smart enough to have planned it) the very first thing I planted in my current garden was a magnolia, and not just any magnolia but one with huge leaves, <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/4092\/magnolia-macrophylla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M. macrophylla<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4147\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-1.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia macrophylla 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Had I known then what I know now I probably would have gone for the smaller <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/390\/magnolia-macrophylla-var-ashei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei<\/a>, that <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/dwarf-bigleaf-magnolia-one-sweet-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patricia praised a couple weeks back<\/a>. Hers should top out at 30 ft tall, whereas mine could hit 50 (yikes!).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4148\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-2.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia macrophylla 2\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154637\/Magnolia-macrophylla-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The leaves are 2-3 ft long and the flowers measure 1\u00bd ft across, they do smell wonderful but they\u2019re so high up it\u2019s rare to notice much of a fragrance. I like that it\u00a0holds off on flowering until mid-May into June, when I\u2019m typically spending more time in the garden where I can really enjoy them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154636\/Magnolia-macrophylla-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4149\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154636\/Magnolia-macrophylla-3.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia macrophylla 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154636\/Magnolia-macrophylla-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154636\/Magnolia-macrophylla-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everything about this tree is big, even the &#8220;mess&#8221; it makes when the leaves fall\u2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4150\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-4.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia macrophylla 4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-4-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But darn, isn\u2019t he a beauty? His branches are finally getting strong enough that I can hang things from them, like my orange circle pot.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4151\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-5.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia macrophylla 5\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-5.jpg 775w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154635\/Magnolia-macrophylla-5-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being one who tends to extremes the other magnolia I\u2019ve planted just might have the smallest leaves and flowers of them all, introducing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/402\/magnolia-laevifolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnolia laevifolia<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154642\/Magnolia-laevifolia-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4141\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154642\/Magnolia-laevifolia-1.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia laevifolia 1\" width=\"840\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154642\/Magnolia-laevifolia-1.jpg 840w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154642\/Magnolia-laevifolia-1-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the cinnamon brown buds that first got me\u2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154641\/Magnolia-laevifolia-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4142\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154641\/Magnolia-laevifolia-2.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia laevifolia 2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154641\/Magnolia-laevifolia-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154641\/Magnolia-laevifolia-2-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of mine (I have a pair) is finally getting tall enough I can see the brown indumentum on the bottom of the evergreen leaves.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4143\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-4.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia laevifolia 4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-4-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the flowers, oh how I love the flowers. They\u2019re about 3 inches wide and they smell delicious!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4144\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-5.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia laevifolia 5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154640\/Magnolia-laevifolia-5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154639\/Magnolia-laevifolia-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4145\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154639\/Magnolia-laevifolia-6.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia laevifolia 6\" width=\"874\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154639\/Magnolia-laevifolia-6.jpg 874w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154639\/Magnolia-laevifolia-6-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If our weather keeps on as warm as it has been I bet they\u2019re going to start opening in the next month-month and a half. It\u2019s going to be a very good year for the blooms\u2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154638\/Magnolia-laevifolia-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4146\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154638\/Magnolia-laevifolia-7.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia laevifolia 7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154638\/Magnolia-laevifolia-7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154638\/Magnolia-laevifolia-7-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what got me infected with this current case\u00a0of magnolia lust? <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/13240\/magnolia-maudiae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnolia maudiae<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4152\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-1.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia maudiae 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a row of them planted along a street I frequently travel and they are in full, luscious, bloom right now (the planting is the work of our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/cistus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cistus Nursery<\/a>). I stare at them and wish I had room for one, two, three&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4153\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-2.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia maudiae 2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154633\/Magnolia-maudiae-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Could there be any more blooms per tree? They are simply covered! Another bonus for\u00a0this one, it\u2019s evergreen\u2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia-maudiae-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4154\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia-maudiae-3.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia maudiae 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia-maudiae-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154632\/Magnolia-maudiae-3-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s three favorites, two that are mine and one I visit regularly. But when I said I love them I meant it, I want a magnolia forest! I&#8217;ll start it with these, please\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magnolias are a romantic bunch, thought of like southern belles with a blousy bloom, a fleeting moment of floral perfection. Whenever I confess to love them madly, I\u2019m met with a questioning glance. This does not equate. She of the spikes, desert plants and love of foliage\u2026magnolias? 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