Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) | April 2007 | positive
'Butterflies' is probably the very best yellow flowering deciduous magnolia available today. There are certainly plenty of other yellow ...Read Moreand "yellowish" magnolias around, and each have a niche that they may fit into (bloom time, size, habit). Except that 'Butterflies' grows to a pretty large plant (certain to exceed 40'), this ought to be the first choice for many. With some pruning, it could double as a shade tree.
Why would one look elsewhere, when 'Butterflies' offers vigor (1.5'+ growth potential per year); precociousness (flowering at only 24" tall, and heavily every year); fragrance; clean foliage; smooth gray beech-like bark; and upright rounded habit?
This is a great plant which will grace many landscapes in communities across the wide range of zones where it will grow.
'Butterflies' is probably the very best yellow flowering deciduous magnolia available today. There are certainly plenty of other yellow ...Read More
Hybrid resulting from a cross of Magnolia acuminata 'Fertile' × Magnolia denudata 'Sawada's Cream'. Rarely produces fruit. U.S. Plant Patent 7456.