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A close relative of the similar M. globosa and M. wilsonii, this species is native across much of southern China into Korea and Japan. This delightful species produces its pendant white flowers in early summer. The fragrant flowers are pure white with a reddish boss of stamens, quite striking. This forms a large spreading shrub to small tree and is great when planted near a path so that you can walk underneath the fragrant pendant flowers. Seedlings from seed collected at the RSBG from plants grown from seed collected in the wild (South Korea).  

Deciduous trees to around 40-60 feet in height. This magnolia – one of the best of the “Chinese large-flowered magnolias” - is a widespread species in western and central China and is quite variable in flower. Most forms have very large and showy, pale to deep pink flowers in early spring, well before the new leaves emerge. This is a species that is rarely offered for sale.  

This is a beautiful evergreen shrub with pinnate foliage. The dark glossy green leaves have spiny teeth and a more or less pure waxy white lower leaf surface. The bright yellow flowers are in terminal upright racemes and are magnets for hummingbirds. These are followed by showy clusters of blue “berries” that are extremely ornamental. A fine companion for rhododendrons, this is considered a “magnificent hardy evergreen”. Tolerant of sun but will thrive under a quite heavy tree-canopy and indeed can be used, where space permits, in much the same way as our native M. aquifolium. Native and relatively common over much of southern China, very closely related to the more commonly cultivated M. japonica.  

A fine evergreen ornamental shrub native to China. This species features narrow racemes of densely crowded yellow flowers in late autumn. It has narrow leaflets on the pinnate leaves which are about eight inches in length and the growth habit is quite erect. Our first offering of this rarely cultivated species. A good choice for those spots in the garden that are maybe a bit too dry and shady for rhododendrons.