- Hardiness Zones: 3-8
- Mature Size: 50-70' tall & wide
- Habit: Pyramidal in youth to rounded at maturity
- Growth Rate: Medium-fast
- Bark: Smooth gray-brown in youth; ridged and furrowed with age
- Leaf Color: Dark green and large
- Fall Color: Not exciting but a few will exhibit a soft ash-brown
- Flowers: Green-yellow petals in May to early June; slightly fragrant
- Fruit: Pink-red in October resembling 2-3'' small cucumber
- Disease & Insect Problems: None serious
- Culture: Prefers deep, loamy, well-drained soils; performs well in the calcareous soils of the Midwest; partial shade-full sun; not tolerable of extreme drought or wetness
- Recommended Cultivars (if any):
‘Koban Dori’---pale yellow flowers typically on older trees
Author Notes: This is an excellent large shade tree and provides great character for large properties such as a golf course. It is the hardiest of the native Magnolia species. Nursery grown cultivars have showy yellow flowers and are becoming easier to find in the nursery trade.