Magnolias Plant Directory

Magnolia dawsoniana
AM: M.P. Williams 1939
Distribution: Kansu (then W. Sichuan)
Height: to 20m?
10 year height/spread: 5m/5m
Flowers: white to 35cm diameter
History: Discovered 1908 by Wilson.
Introduced by Wilson in 1911, to the UK in 1919, flowering in Ireland in 1932 or 33
although perhaps earlier in France.
Recognise by: dense twiggy habit. Very floriferous.
Nine usually tousled tepals.