Most of the Japanese magnolias we grow are the result of a cross between two Chinese species, Magnolia liliiflora (lily magnolia) and Magnolia denudata (white saucer or Yulan magnolia).

Most Japanese magnolia varieties are relatively small trees, growing slowly to only 25 to 30 feet high by 20 feet wide. They are multitrunked unless trained to one major trunk.

Unlike the native Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), the Japanese magnolia is deciduous and drops its leaves in winter.

It's a popular tree in Jacksonville, the Japanese magnolia or saucer magnolia. The relatively large flowers have been sitting as green-pointed buds all winter and are starting to emerge now.

The Japanese magnolia, or saucer magnolia, opens its fat, furry flower buds in February or March before the foliage emerges.

Ivan Clare's home in the Granada neighborhood of San Marco recently was full of color, as his Japanese magnolia trees were in glorious bloom. In this week's Q&A, Clare talks about how the trees ...

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While the southern magnolia is evergreen and blooms in mid-spring, a number of the deciduous magnolias bloom during mid-winter to early spring.

The team at Kyoto University concluded that lumber from the Japanese magnolia tree stood up to the harsh space environment the best after conducting an experiment on board the ISS.