Umbrella Magnolia
Magnolia tripetala
Tropical-looking small tree with 2-foot leaves clustered at branch tips like umbrella spokes. Large white flowers smell musky-sweet. Rose-colored fruit cones in fall.
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 15–30 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~21 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IN, KY, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV
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