Magnolia, Sweet Bay

Description

The sweet bay magnolia is a graceful, slender, flowering, deciduous to semi-evergreen native shrub or tree. it typically grows 10 to 35 feet tall and equally as wide. The leaves are shiny and dark green on the upper surface, and the undersides are pubescent and silvery. The flowers are solitary and fragrant, measuring 2 to 3 inches in diameter, with creamy white blooms that have 9 to 12 petals. The sweet bay magnolia prefers full sun to partial shade and does best in consistently moist to wet, acidic, and organically rich soils.