Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
The iconic evergreen of the South: glossy leaves and huge, lemon-scented white blooms. Beetle-pollinated, with cone-like fruit whose red seeds feed wildlife.
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 60–80 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~21 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX
Related native plants
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- Pyramid Magnolia (Magnolia pyramidata)