Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia-ServeScape
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia-ServeScape
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia-ServeScape
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia-ServeScape
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia-ServeScape

Magnolia virginiana

Sweet Bay Magnolia

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Sweet Bay Magnolia is a native multi-trunk semi-evergreen tree with large fragrant cup shaped white flowers that bloom in spring and occasionally into summer.  The foliage is deep green with silvery undersides Best color in full sun and moist, slightly-acidic, well-drained soil.  

Magnolia virginiana is a host plant for the Tiger, Spicebush, and Palamedes Swallowtail butterflies as well as the Sweetbay Silkmoth.  The seeds, sap, and nectar of attracts pollinators and small mammals as well. 

Type: 

Tree

Origins:

SE N. American Coast: GA Native

Height: 

10' - 35’

Spread: 

10' - 35'

Spacing: 

24’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

5 - 10

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

White

Season of Interest: 

Spring, Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance. Regular water in first year.

LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland GardensPrivacy Screen, and Foundation Plantings.

COMPANION PLANTS: Gibraltar AzaleaOakleaf Hydrangea, Gardenia Radicans

IMAGES: Photos by (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) and Chanticleer Garden, (1) Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Flowers 2816pxCC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Unopened Flower 2059pxCC BY-SA 3.0 (2) Blanka LuppováSottomarina - Magnolia virginiana-aCC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Famartin2014-08-27 15 14 06 Sweetbay Magnolia near the Buttinger House at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed AssociationCC BY-SA 4.0

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