Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia

Sweet Bay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

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Sweet Bay Magnolia is a native multi-trunk semi-evergreen tree with large fragrant cup shaped white flowers that bloom in spring and occasionally into summer.  The foliage is deep green with silvery undersides Best color in  full sun and moist, slightly-acidic, well-drained soil.  

Magnolia virginiana is a host plant for the Tiger, Spicebush, and Palamedes Swallowtail butterflies as well as the Sweetbay Silkmoth.  The seeds, sap, and nectar of attracts pollinators and small mammals as well. 

Type: 

Tree

Origins:

SE N. American Coast: GA Native

Height: 

10' - 35’

Spread: 

10' - 35'

Spacing: 

24’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

5 - 10

Culture: 

Full Sun Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

White

Season of Interest: 

Spring,  Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance. Regular water in first year.

LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or Group Plantings,  Borders Woodland Gardens Privacy Screen, and Foundation Plantings.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Gibraltar Azalea Oakleaf Hydrangea,  Gardenia Radicans

IMAGES: Photos by (c)2008 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man) and Chanticleer Garden, (1)  Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Flowers 2816px CC BY-SA 3.0, (2)  Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Unopened Flower 2059pxCC BY-SA 3.0 (2)  Blanka Luppová Sottomarina - Magnolia virginiana-aCC BY-SA 4.0, (3)  Famartin 2014-08-27 15 14 06 Sweetbay Magnolia near the Buttinger House at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association CC BY-SA 4.0

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