Magnolia liliflora nigra x spengeri diva 'Spectrum' 25/7 Restock The genus honors William Kerr

The genus honors William Kerr

The Latin gives away the joke before you have even seen the plant

and enjoy both the flower and the harvest

com and John Grimshaw

some eight to ten inches long

Magnolia liliflora nigra x spengeri diva 'Spectrum' 25/7 Restock The genus honors William KerrMagnolia 'Spectrum' is one of the great red purple magnolias, a large deciduous tree that covers itself in spring with huge, tulip shaped flowers of deep reddish purple. Each bloom can span ten to twelve inches, richly colored outside and paler pinkish white within, opening from fat, purple pink buds in mid to late spring, later than the frost prone saucer magnolias and all the safer for it. The tree comes from the celebrated magnolia breeding program