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- Suitable varieties for magnolia bush
- Magnolias often grow as a shrub
- Magnolia varieties with bushy growth
- Tips & Tricks
Suitable varieties for magnolia bush
In many a garden or park are old, sometimes over 100 years, magnolia trees to admire, which offer a pretty sight with their gnarled, very broad habit even outside the flowering period. However, magnolias often grow as bush or shrub, but they also need a lot of space in this growth form.
Magnolias often grow as a shrub
Botanically, the magnolia is actually not a tree, but a large shrub. These trees do not form single, bare-ground trunks. Instead, several stems show up, which also branch just above the surface and form foliage and flowers. In principle, however, almost every magnolia bush can be raised to a high stem or formed into a tree from the very beginning as a finishing touch. But whether bush or tree: For both growth forms of magnolia the same information regarding planting and care apply.
Magnolia varieties with bushy growth
Many magnolia species, in particular the purple magnolia, the star magnolia and the summer magnolia, by nature have a rather broad, bush-like growth. Other species, in particular the Yulan magnolia and the tulip magnolia, grow rather as a tree and can also be quite high. However, even magnolia trees are usually very wide and need space accordingly. In the table below we have put together some particularly beautiful magnolia varieties for cultivation as a shrub.
Tips & Tricks
If you only have a small garden or want to cultivate the magnolia in a bucket, you better use dwarf magnolia. These are often only about one to a foot and a half high (and about as wide), but their big sisters in terms of beauty in no way.