Magnolia salicifolia
Anise Magnolia

Magnolia salicifolia - Summer Habit
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (3-4" wide fragrant flowers with 6 tepals in April)
 Foliage Notes:
Purple (Bronze-purple tinged young leaves in the spring); Green (Dark green mature leaves in summer; no fall color change)
 Fruit Notes:
Pink (2-3" long rose-colored fruit aggregate with red seeds)
 Ultimate Height:
20-40 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
20-30 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Adaptable, but prefers well-drained soil
 Range:
Japan
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (1.5-5" long by 0.6-2" wide) are alternate, simple, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, widest at the middle, and finely pubescent below, with acute to blunt apices and irregularly wavy wavy margins. Petiole is yellowish. Stems smell of lemon or anise when bruised. Bark is smooth and gray.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 355
  • Notable Bark 168
  • Specimen 630

    • Additional Information

    The Anise Magnolia is handsome broad pyramidal tree that produces beautiful, large, and fragrant white flowers in April.

    When Magnolia salicifolia has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

    Flowering

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    1 Magnolia salicifolia found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    1ORIG_7771*AFPRD
    Heritage Plant
    Dedicated/Memorial Plant

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