Magnolia grandiflora 'Blanchard' (Southern Magnolia)

Magnolia grandiflora 'Blanchard' is a magnificent cultivar with unique large dark green leaves and rusty brown undersides. It has the ability to maintain a straight central trunk, which allows it to be grown full to the ground or be pruned into tree form with a visible trunk. Mature trees will reach around 15m tall with a 10m wide canopy. Open branched pyramidal form makes an excellent shade tree with huge cup-shaped flowers in early summer. The fragrant blossoms can be 20cm across.