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This Tulip Magnolia Tree drops its leaves in Fall and spends the winter as a ghost skeleton in the landscape. In the early spring, tiny fuzzy buds appear on the dead looking branches. The fuzzy buds grow fat and pop open revealing a tube of dark purple ready to open. This Spring, a late ice storm coated the new buds. As these frozen buds dropped off, they were replaced by a pale, light shade of purple. Toward the end of the bloom, the green leaves sprout out. This is a great small tree for any garden with shade. Info below shared from Wikipedia and Google Search. Enjoy!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_liliiflora
Magnolia liliiflora
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Magnolia liliiflora (variously known by many names, including Mulan magnolia, Purple magnolia, Red magnolia, Lily magnolia, Tulip magnolia, Jane magnolia and Woody-orchid) is a small tree native to southwest China (in Sichuan and Yunnan), but cultivated for centuries elsewhere in China and also Japan. It was first introduced to English-speaking countries from cultivated Japanese origins, and is thus also sometimes called Japanese magnolia, though it is not native to Japan. It is now also planted as an ornamental in North America and Europe, though rather less often than its popular hybrid (see below). The name Yulania liliiflora is a synonym.
It is a deciduous shrub, exceptionally a small tree, to 4m tall (smaller than most other magnolias), and blooms profusely in early spring with large pink to purple showy flowers, before the leaf buds open.
This species is one of the parents of the very popular hybrid Saucer magnolia, M. x soulangeana, the other parent being the Yulan magnolia, M. denudata.
| Mulan magnolia | |
|---|---|
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| A Magnolia liliiflora flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Magnoliaceae |
| Genus: | Magnolia |
| Subgenus: | M. subg. Yulania |
| Section: | M. sect. Yulania subsect. Yulania |
| Species: | M. liliiflora |
File:Magnolia liliiflora2.jpg
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Part of a Mulan tree in flower
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Newintro/galaxy.html
 'Galaxy'The National Arboretum presents Magnolia 'Galaxy', unique in form and flower among cultivated magnolias. 'Galaxy' is a single-stemmed, tree-form magnolia with ascending branches, the perfect shape for narrow planting sites. In spring, dark red-purple flowers appear after danger of frost, providing a pleasing and long-lasting display. Choose 'Galaxy' to shape up your landscape!Recognition: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Award, 1992. |
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