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Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana
Saucer Magnolia is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 10-30 ft. It does best in part shade and full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow, pink and purple blooms in spring. It attracts bees, moths and pollinators, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Part shade, Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 10-30 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths, Pollinators, Songbirds
- Native to
- The Americas & Asia.
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