Magnolia ashei x macrophylla Gulfstream Nursery and flooded out of existence

and flooded out of existence

and the one that appears in the Man'yoshu

glades and barrens and rocky slopes from the Midwest to the eastern Piedmont

and grass-like

into the warmer parts of zone 7

Magnolia ashei x macrophylla Gulfstream Nursery and flooded out of existenceMagnolia ashei macrophylla is a rare hybrid of colossal foliage and dinner plate blooms, a deliberate cross between two of North America's most dramatic native magnolias: the endangered Ashe magnolia, Magnolia ashei, and the bigleaf magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla. The cross brings together the best of both parents, the immense tropical looking leaves, the enormous fragrant flowers, and a habit that settles into a handsome middle ground between shrub