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Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill'

Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill'

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.

During the spring season, Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' is covered in a blanket of star-shaped white flowers, which typically range from 10cm to 15cm in width and can contain as many as 15 tepals. It starts blooming at a young age and has a spreading growth habit, featuring a broad crown. 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. Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' was raised in 1939 by one of Karl Sax's students at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' was named after a former director of the Arnold Arboretum, Elmer Merrill.

Also known as

Magnolia x loebneri 'Dr. Merrill'

Origin

  • Exotic

City Recommendations

  • Wellington

More about Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill'

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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