Green Shadow Sweetbay Magnolia

The Green Shadow Sweetbay Magnolia is a selected variety of this native tree, featuring a 4-month bloom period and leaves that stay evergreen in cooler zones. The beautiful scented blossoms are large and creamy-white, giving out a powerful vanilla perfume. The glossy leaves help make this tree a beautiful upright specimen, reaching 25 feet, with a spread of 15 feet and a short trunk. It is perfect on a lawn, near larger trees, at the back of beds, by your home, or by water, where it thrives in the wet soil.

• Beautiful specimen tree with large glossy leaves
• The most cold-hardy summer-blooming magnolia
• Large perfumed white flowers all summer
• Evergreen in all but the coldest zones
• Grows well even in wet soil

The Green Shadow Sweetbay Magnolia grows in full sun, but it has good tolerance of partial shade too. It is evergreen from zone 7, partially evergreen in zone 6, and mostly deciduous in zone 5. It grows well in normal garden soils, and it has high tolerance for wet ground and areas that flood regularly. It rarely suffers from pests or diseases and there is no need to prune it.