![]() ![]() This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. It is quite intolerant of urban pollution, therefore inner city or urban streetside plantings are best avoided. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth, but will die in standing water. This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. Yellow Lantern Magnolia will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. Yellow Lantern Magnolia is recommended for the following landscape applications It has no significant negative characteristics. This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. Yellow Lantern Magnolia is a deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a shapely oval form. The large pointy leaves turn coppery-bronze in fall. Yellow Lantern Magnolia is smothered in stunning fragrant lemon yellow cup-shaped flowers with tan overtones held atop the branches in mid spring before the leaves. There is a specimen below the Clothier bell tower.įor the best viewing of yellow magnolias at the Scott Arboretum visit the area around Mertz Dormitory, Old Tarble and Worth Health Center, as well as the Tree Peony Garden.A hybrid magnolia which is bathed in large creamy yellow flowers in May upright habit of growth with a central leader and large, coarse leaves an excellent specimen tree, best located where its flowers can be appreciated close-up Within one week ‘Judy Zuk’ will be in full flower. The flowers resemble tulips in their shape and are a beautiful suffusion of orange-yellow and pink toward the base. This selection is very upright in stature. This was named in honor of the former director of both the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Scott Arboretum. My favorite yellow magnolia is ‘Judy Zuk’. This cultivar can be found both in the Tree Peony Garden, as well as at Old Tarble. subcordata with Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’. For this cross Phil Savage hybridized Magnolia acuminata var. ‘Yellow Lantern’ has upward facing, cup-shape, butter yellow flowers. ![]() ![]() A beautiful specimen is found just below Worth Health Center. The flowers are darker yellow than those of ‘Elizabeth’ and also have showy red stamens. The parentage is Magnolia acuminata x Magnolia denudata ‘Sawadas’s Cream’. This clone is the result of a cross made by famous magnolia hybridizer, Phil Savage. In more recent years ‘Butterflies’ has become a popular yellow magnolia choice. Some fine specimens of ‘Elizabeth’ are planted between Mertz Dormitory and Old Tarble. The upward facing flowers are butter yellow and have a nice fragrance. At maturity it will develop into a pyramidal shape and reach 20-feet tall. One of the very first to come on the market about 20 years ago was Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’ which is a beautiful pale yellow selection hybridized by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1977. The combination of these two parents has resulted in many cultivars which are later flowering, some times fragrant and range from light yellow to a golden yellow.Īt the Scott Arboretum we have over 20 different kinds of yellow magnolias in our collection. ‘Yellow Lantern’ has upward facing, cup-shape, butter yellow flowers. Many of the yellow magnolias are the result of crosses made between the cucumber tree magnolia, Magnolia acuminata, and the Yulan magnolia, Magnolia denudata. ![]() While many of the early spring flowering magnolias have passed, the yellow magnolias are just coming into their glory. The Scott Arboretum is home to a national collection of magnolias recognized through the American Public Gardens Association‘s (NAPCC) North American Plant Collections Consortium. ![]()
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