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Dwarf Purple Magnolia Tree | Magnolia 'Susan'

Magenta-flowered feature tree

The Highlights

    • Deep magenta goblet-shaped flowers
    • Dark burgundy flower buds in winter
    • Rich green, bushy foliage
    • Compact tree (4x4m) perfect for front gardens
    • A riot of colour every spring!
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Dwarf Purple Magnolia Tree | Magnolia 'Susan'

Magenta-flowered feature tree
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The Highlights

    • Deep magenta goblet-shaped flowers
    • Dark burgundy flower buds in winter
    • Rich green, bushy foliage
    • Compact tree (4x4m) perfect for front gardens
    • A riot of colour every spring!
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Know Your Plant

Supplied as:

Potted
7.5L pot

Height on arrival:

20-30cm inc. pot
Your tree will arrive at a height of approx 15-20cm

Eventual height:

4m

Eventual spread:

4m
Bushy tree with a 4m spread
4m
Bushy tree with a 4m spread

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Deep magenta
Deep pink-purple goblet-shaped flowers
Deep magenta
Deep pink-purple goblet-shaped flowers

Habit:

Bushy
Compact tree with a bushy habit
Bushy
Compact tree with a bushy habit

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
Hardy in all parts of the UK
Fully hardy
Hardy in all parts of the UK

Rootstock:

Spacing:

4m
Space 4m apart to allow for spreading

Care Guide

Good pest and disease resistance

Magnolias can suffer from Coral spot, grey mould and honey fungus. To prevent fungal disease, prune to allow plenty of air to circulate through the branches and allow plenty of space around the tree. MORE

Keep well watered

Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly, only in dry spells when needed. You should be able to tell because the leaves will start to wilt and droop. If a container grown tree, it will need more watering until its roots are established. It should be watered every other day or so for the first few months. Then reduce to twice a week until autumn. In the second year it should have an established enough root system to support itself, just water when required as explained above for bare roots. When watering a tree it is important to give a good soaking. It is better to water heavily and less frequently than little and often as this encourages the roots to grow down into the ground.

Full sun to partial shade

This tree loves full sun or partial shade in a sheltered location. Choosing a spot away from strong winds will allow all the tree's resources to go towards growing blossom and protecting its display.

Moist, well-drained soil

Prefers well-draining clay, loam, acid or neutral soils.

Feed in autumn

Magnolia trees need lots of mulch - ideally every autumn they should get a good helping of compost, leaf mould or well-rotted manure. ?v=1613300718

For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page

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