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Magnolia 'Sunsation'

Magnolia 'Sunsation'

Magnolia

Height
4m
Width
2m
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.

Magnolia 'Sunsation' has green buds that open up to goblet-shaped, yellow flowers with a green tinge and a pink flush at the base. The flowers are sizable, up to 17cm wide. Magnolia 'Sunsation' produces flowers profusely in mid-spring, mostly before the leaves emerge. It has an upright, columnar form that fits well in smaller spaces. It is deciduous, not native to New Zealand, and a hybrid between Magnolia x brooklynensis 'Woodsman' and Magnolia x brooklynensis 'Elizabeth'. 'Sunsation' was selected in 1997 by August Kehr in North Carolina, United States and was introduced in 2000.

Uses

  • Narrow Sites
  • Small Garden

Origin

  • Exotic

City Recommendations

  • Wellington
  • Blenheim
  • Dunedin
  • Hastings
  • Napier
  • Nelson
  • Palmerston North
  • Queenstown
  • Taupō
  • Tauranga
  • Timaru
  • Wānaka
  • Whanganui

More about Magnolia 'Sunsation'

Plant Details

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

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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