Fairy Magnolias® (michelia hybrid)
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Now it’s easier than ever to add an enchanting touch to your garden. Introducing the Fairy Magnolias®, Michelia hybrids bred by renowned New Zealand breeder Mark Jury.
These provide masses of blooms, are quick growing and fabulous for hedging, screening, espaliering, topiary and massed plantings. They are easy-care and require very little maintenance. This season, why not plant a little enchantment!
Fairy Magnolia® BLUSH is a Michelia hybrid bred in New Zealand, with beautiful lightly fragrant flowers blushed lilac pink and evergreen dark green foliage. It is ideal as a specimen shrub or as a hedge.
Key Features
- Masses of russet colored buds opening to lightly fragrant blush pink flowers in spring
- Medium dark green foliage
- Compact and bushy growth habit
- Ideal as a specimen plant or for hedging
Suggested Uses
Ornamental specimen, hedging, screening and privacy.
Growth Habit
Upright, compact and bushy habit.
Flower Size
2½ inch diameter.
Mature Height
9–12 ft.
Mature Width
8–9 ft.
Spacing
Plant 5 ft apart to create a hedge and up to 8 ft apart for a looser screen.
Hardiness
Hardy in USDA zones 7b–11 (and is even hardy down to zone 6b, with additional winter care).
Flowering Period
Flowers from March to May.
Number Of Flowers
Masses of flowers along the length of each stem.
Flower Color
Flowers start blushed lilac pink and age to white later in the season.
Fragrance
Lightly fragrant.
Foliage
Dense dark green foliage.
Pruning/Pinching
Trim to shape, can be trained to single leader or trimmed as a bush, hedge, topiary or espalier.
Light Needs
Will tolerate full sun to partial shade.
Soil Needs
Performs well in a range of soil types, but prefers well worked friable soils; avoid very heavy water logged conditions.
Water Needs
Performs best when given moderate moisture levels over summer, but can handle drier conditions once established. Occasional deep watering recommended.
Fertilizer
In a garden situation, feed annually after flowering with a general fertilizer. In a container feed in spring and autumn with a slow release fertilizer.
Disease Tolerance
Not usually susceptible to diseases, but can get some leaf spotting in low light levels and if crowded.
Pest Issues
No major pest issues.
Special Care
Performs best with good drainage and don’t let dry out completely when establishing.
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