Magnolia virginiana (Dodd's small leaf)Small-Leaf Sweetbay
Sweetbay magnolia is one of the loveliest and most useful of the native magnolias, a tree of moist and swampy ground across the eastern United States from Massachusetts to Texas. The northern plants, Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana, are shrubby and deciduous; the southern, var. australis, grow into larger, evergreen trees. All share the sweetbay's gifts: leaves silvery white beneath that flash in the wind, and creamy, intensely fragrant flowers with a clean lemon scent.
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–10
- Light
- Full Sun / Part Shade
- Height
- 20–30 ft.
- Spread
- 8–12 ft.
- Bloom
- White
- Plant type
- Tree
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