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Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Loebner Magnolia

Height
4m
Width
3m
Tree shape

Estimated size at 10 years

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Stock Info

Standard height
The height of the clear trunk before the graft and branching begins.
Low worked (LW)
Grafted, or allowed to branch, much lower on the trunk.
Clear trunk (CT) vs Bushy
Clear trunk has its branches trimmed up. Bushy is allowed to grow out from lower down.
Cloud pruned
Foliage shaped into distinct, rounded “clouds” on carefully spaced branches.

In mid-spring, Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' becomes adorned with an abundance of deep lilac buds that ultimately unfold into soft lilac-pink flowers with white interiors. These flowers can reach up to 12cm in width and contain as many as 12 tepals. Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' starts blooming at a young age and is a fantastic option for a street tree. Magnolia x loebneri is deciduous, not native to New Zealand, and a hybrid between Magnolia kobus and Magnolia stellata that was first produced before 1914 by Max Löbner in Pillnitz, Dresden, Germany. 'Leonard Messel' was raised by James Comber, the head gardener at the Nymans garden in West Sussex, England, and named after Leonard Messel, the then owner of the Nymans estate. Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' was registered in 1955.

Uses

  • Small Garden
  • Street Trees

Origin

  • Exotic

City Recommendations

  • Auckland
  • Wellington
  • Dunedin
  • Palmerston North
  • Tauranga
  • Whanganui

More about Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Plant Details

Foliage Type
  • Deciduous
Position
  • Full sun
  • Partial shade

Seasonal Colour

FlowerSep–Nov

Foliage

This is a general guide. When a plant flowers, fruits and colours up depends on the climate where you live and on the season. If timing matters, please reach out to our team.

Foliage Type

Evergreen plants retain foliage year-round but still shed and replace some leaves gradually as part of their normal growth cycle, rather than losing them all at once.

Deciduous plants shed all their leaves for part of the year (usually in autumn and winter), usually in response to colder temperatures or dry seasons, often producing seasonal colour before leaf drop.

Semi-evergreen plants sit between the two, keeping most of their foliage but losing some or all leaves briefly under cooler or drier conditions before quickly regrowing them.

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