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Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet'

Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet'

Michelia

Height
4m
Width
3m
Tree shape

Estimated size at 10 years

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3 grades — open to choose

25L1.2m$128.00Low stock35L1.8m$180.00Ready35L1.8m · Standard 1.3m$200.00Ready

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25L

Height: 1.2m

1 available now

50 more ready approx. Apr 2027

$128.00excl. GST

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35L

Height: 1.8m

10 available

$180.00excl. GST

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35L

Height: 1.8m · Standard: 1.3m

83 available

$200.00excl. GST

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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.

Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet' is a tidy, pyramid-shaped tree that has lustrous, dark green foliage. It blooms extensively from early spring, producing numerous small, honey-cream coloured, star-shaped flowers from velvety buds. Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet' produces good-sized flowers and tends to have a longer flowering season than some cultivars. Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet' also does not tend to defoliate in a cold, wet spring like some other cultivars can do. It is versatile, as it can be used for hedging, trimmed into any desired form, or grown as a distinctive tree. Michelia yunnanensis is evergreen and native to China. Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet' was develoepd by Mark Jury in Tikorangi, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Also known as

Magnolia laevifolia 'Honey Velvet'

Uses

  • Hedging and Screening

Origin

  • Exotic

More about Michelia yunnanensis 'Honey Velvet'

Plant Details

Foliage Type
  • Evergreen
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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