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Michelia 'Inspiration'

Michelia 'Inspiration'

Michelia

Height
4m
Width
3m
Tree shape

Estimated size at 10 years

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Select a grade35L$180.002m44 in production45L$240.002.2m220 in production45L$240.001.9-2.1m158 available80L$420.0010 in production

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35L

$180.00each, excl. GST

Height 2m

44 in production

Ready approx. Mar 2027 – May 2027

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45L

$240.00each, excl. GST

Height 2.2m

220 in production

Ready approx. Jan 2027

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45L

$240.00each, excl. GST

Height 1.9-2.1m

158 available

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80L

$420.00each, excl. GST

10 in production

Ready approx. Apr 2027

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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.

Michelia 'Inspiration' has an upright and dense growth habit, making it an ideal choice where space is limited. It has shiny, dark-green leaves and produces velvet-brown buds that opens to white, star-shaped flowers from early-spring over many weeks. The flowers have a delightful fragrance. It can grow in partly shaded areas and is frost tolerant. An evergreen, not native to New Zealand, and a hybrid between Michelia x foggii 'Loving Memories' and Michelia yunnanensis 'Warm Fuzzies'. It was selected in 1996 by Barry Sligh at Taunton Gardens and Nursery in Lyttelton, New Zealand (PVR 30824 and Australian PBR 2016/252).

Also known as

Magnolia 'Inspiration'

Uses

  • Attracts Bees
  • Hedging and Screening
  • Narrow Sites

Origin

  • Exotic

City Recommendations

  • Christchurch
  • Wellington
  • Blenheim
  • Dunedin
  • Gisborne
  • Hastings
  • Napier
  • Nelson
  • New Plymouth
  • Palmerston North
  • Rotorua
  • Taupō
  • Tauranga
  • Timaru
  • Whanganui
  • Whangārei

More about Michelia 'Inspiration'

Plant Details

Foliage Type
  • Evergreen
Position
  • Full sun
  • Partial shade
Soil Moisture
  • Moist but well-drained

Seasonal Colour

FlowerJun–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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