Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star' Richard Lynch humile a more modest cousin

humile a more modest cousin

and Jiangxi

or 'Legrellei'

spicy scent when crushed

the segments radiating like fingers from a point

Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star' Richard Lynch humile a more modest cousinMagnolia stellata 'Royal Star' is the star magnolia at its best, a hardy, rounded shrub that opens its first flowers at the very end of winter, well before the leaves, in a froth of white, many petaled stars. Each bloom carries a dozen or more narrow, strap like tepals that give a soft, feathery look, and the whole plant can vanish under bloom in a good year, sweetly fragrant into the bargain. The star magnolia is a hardy Japanese species from the