MAGNOLIA kobus

'Japanese Magnolia' Very hardy small conical tree or large shrub, to 6m high. The leaves are elliptic-obovate. Flowers appear before the leaves, white coloure, about 10cm wide when open. Flower buds thick and pubescent. Fruit usually a woody follicle, dehiscing along the dorsal side. Seeds laer hanging from long filaments. Planted with rooth-ball.(5)