Magnolia loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Large shrub or small tree, 3-6 m tall, 3 to 8 m wide, broad crown, umbrella-shaped when old, slow-growing, 20-25 cm a year.

Profuse with masses of flowers, light purple-pink on the outside, cream-white inside, almost star-shaped flowers, before leaves shoot in mid-April, pleasant fragrance.

Like cucumbers, with red seeds, slightly poisonous.

Reverse ovoid, green, yellowish brown in autumn.

Fleshy, extended, few twigs, sensitive to mechanical injuries.

Sun to light shade, likes warmth, usually frost hardy, sensitive to late frost in cold areas, likes high humidity.

Moist to fresh; acidic to moderately alkaline; humic, well drained substrates.

Zone 6b