Magnolia macrophylla Check with George grown from three golden seedlings

grown from three golden seedlings of the wild species that Avent brought back from a 2000 visit to the Florida plantsman Charles Webb

and has proven a handsome

give a deep mulch to carry the roots through

filling the cold air with a powerful sweet

Magnolia macrophylla Check with George grown from three golden seedlingsMagnolia macrophylla, the bigleaf magnolia, holds a national record: the largest simple leaves and the largest flowers of any tree native to North America. A deciduous magnolia of rich, sheltered woodlands scattered from West Virginia south to Louisiana and Florida, the tree is scarce in the wild and unforgettable in leaf, with blades up to three feet long and a foot wide, deep green above and a soft silvery white beneath that flashes when the wind