Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Smaller, swamp-loving magnolia with lemon-scented creamy flowers and leaves that flash silver undersides in the breeze. Semi-evergreen and happy in wet soil.
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–35 ft
- Spacing
- 10–35 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~21 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA
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