Magnolia x soulangiana
Common names
Tulip Magnolia, saucer Magnolia
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Habitat
Garden escape - seedlings found near parent tree in a derelict factory garden, within Auckland City.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Ecology
Flowering
July - October
Fruiting
January - March
Year naturalised
2007
Origin
Asia. This is a hybrid cultivar (M. heptapeta (Buc hoz) Dandy x M. quinquepeta (Buc hoz) Dandy)
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Tolerances
Cold and moderately drought tolerant.
Life cycle and dispersal
Long lived small, deciduous tree. Reproduces exclusively by seed, which are held in cone-like structures, individual seeds orange, with a hard shell. Dispersed by gravity and probably by water. People may pick the seeds because they are colourful and so disperse seeds by discarding them.