Magnolia x soulangiana
Common name
Tulip Magnolia, saucer Magnolia
Family
Magnoliaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Garden escape - seedlings found near parent tree in a derelict factory garden, within Auckland City.
Flowering
July - October
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Fruiting
January - March
Life cycle
Long lived small, deciduous tree. Reproduces exclusively by seed, which are held in cone-like structures, individual seeds orange, with a hard shell. Dispersed by gravity and probably by water. People may pick the seeds because they are colourful and so disperse seeds by discarding them.
Year naturalised
2007
Origin
Asia. This is a hybrid cultivar (M. heptapeta (Buc hoz) Dandy x M. quinquepeta (Buc hoz) Dandy)
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Tolerances
Cold and moderately drought tolerant.