Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' (Southern Magnolia)

An evergreen magnolia that has become popular worldwide. Its glossy green leaves are accented with a bronze velvet underside and products large, fragrant creamy white blooms in summer. Perfect for smaller gardens, this is a dense upright and compact evergreen tree of narrowly columnar habit. Lightly scented, white flowers, 10cm across, appear at the tips of thick, tough stems in late spring to mid-summer. The evergreen foliage of smooth, leathery, oblong-elliptic leaves, 12cm long, is shiny dark green above and brown-felted underneath. H 4-6m x W 2-3m.