Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star' Richard Lynch and Jiangxi

and Jiangxi

humile a more modest cousin

or 'Legrellei'

known as Scrub Titi

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Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star' Richard Lynch and JiangxiMagnolia stellata 'Royal Star' is the star magnolia at its best, a hardy, rounded shrub that opens its first flowers at the very end of winter, well before the leaves, in a froth of white, many petaled stars. Each bloom carries a dozen or more narrow, strap like tepals that give a soft, feathery look, and the whole plant can vanish under bloom in a good year, sweetly fragrant into the bargain. The star magnolia is a hardy Japanese species from the