Magnolia wilsonii

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Magnolia nicholsoniana, Rehd. & Wilson. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: branchlets sparingly pubescent: lvs. slender-petioled, elliptic-oblong to obovate-oblong, acute or short-acuminate, glabrous above, glaucescent beneath and glabrous except the densely rufous-pubescent midrib, 3-5 in. long.: fls. white, cup-shaped, about 4 in. across; sepals and petals usually 12, the inner row shorter; filaments and carpels red: fr. oblong-cylindric, l1/3-2 in. long. June. W. China. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.