MAGNOLIA grandiflora 'Galissoniere Praecox'

Description:Common name: Bull Bay. Similar to M. g. `Galissonniere', but this has slightly smaller, undulated evergreen leaves. Free flowering from two or three years old with white, pink tinged flowers

Uses: Can be grown as an evergreen specimen tree

Climate/Position: Best in warm sunny site with good soil

Height/Spread: Large shrub up to 12 metres high, 8 metre spread

Soil Requirements: Best planted in slightly acidic to neural soils

Pruning: Little or no pruning required

Additional Interest: Magnolia flowers evolved before bees and are still pollinated by beetles