Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' RHS Award of Garden Merit. is a hardy vigorous medium-sized deciduous shrub or small tree, with narrowly ovate leaves to 12cm in length. Flowers lilac-pink, paler within, scented, to 10cm in width, with about twelve narrow tepals, and opening before the leaves.
Flowers: Pale Pink in Spring. Deciduous. Fragrance: Flower.
Suggested Plant Uses: Architectural, City/Courtyard Gardens, Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower Arranging, Low Maintenance or Patio/Container Plants. Soil:Acid or Neutral. Moist but well-drained or well-drained. Clay, Loam or Sand. Aspect: All aspects. Sheltered.