Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5b-10a Find Your Zone >
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Tree
Height at Maturity: 30-40′
Width at Maturity: 15-20′
Suggested Spacing: 12-15′ feet apart for solid screens; 25′ or more apart for space between trees
Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Upright, Pyramidal
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: Large, 8″
Flowering Period: Late Spring through Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: Yes – extremely fragrant!
Foliage Color: Dark Green, Copper-Brown undersides
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 4.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ is a big improvement on the native Southern Magnolia. This evergreen grows to 30 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide and is noted for its dense, pyramidal form. the thick, leathery, evergreen, glossy dark green leaves with copper-brown undersides and its large, fragrant, cup-shaped white flowers up to 8 inches in diameter bloom in late spring, with sparse continued flowering throughout the summer months. Birds love the attractive red fruits that develop in cone shaped clusters late in the season. Handles temperatures as cold as -20°F.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing upright to 30-40 feet tall and 15-20 feet wide, Brackens Brown Magnolia is ideal for use in evergreen privacy screen plantings, as a focal point specimen, to frame in the corners of tall homes or other structures, or as espalier (trained to grow against a wall) on tall, open walls. A fine addition to fragrance, bird and wildlife gardens, cut flower gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 12 to 15 feet apart for solid screens; 25 feet or more apart for space between trees
See: Privacy Screen Planting Tips & Instructions
Growing Preferences
Brackens Brown Magnolia is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil or average or better fertility and full sun or part shade. At least 4 hours of direct sunlight or all-day filtered sun is suggested.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, prune, feed and water Southern Magnolia trees.
How To Plant & Care For Southern Magnolia Trees
Privacy Screen Design Planting Tips & Instructions
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Just a follow up in regards to my order. I received the bald cypress in question and it looks great along with the other trees! Can’t wait to plant.
Thanks again for the nice selection.————————————Great Magnolia!! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Have a great day 🙂 Beth|WBG
Thanks again for the nice selection.————————————Great Magnolia!! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Have a great day 🙂 Beth|WBG
This is my 3rd order I have received from Wilson Brothers, This tree was beautiful when I received it and is doing very well. I wound not hesitant ordering from them again. You can be confident you will receive a great plant. I have to restraint myself from going broke looking at all there great plants. Thank you Charlie————————————————–Wow! Thanks for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I have placed two orders for these trees (11 total) and they are healthy and simply beautiful. They have grown at least a foot in a very short amount of time and I am very pleased with their progress. I do plan to order 6-8 more in the fall. I am so pleased with how they are packaged too. It is great to know that Wilson Brother’s Gardens provides awesome service and products. Thank you so much.———————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
The tree came well packed with two other plants, and I am looking forward to seeing it grow and, hopefully, flourish —————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Bought 3 of these magnolias and was very impressed with the communication about the order and the promptness of the delivery. The magnolias are substantial and healthy. I will not hesitate to order from Wilson Brothers again.—————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Wilson Bros Gardens shipped this gorgeous tree quickly and so well packaged. It arrived in amazing shape and with great instructions on what to expect and how to plant it. I’ve transplanted it’s a happy little tree!—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Tree was in great condition and was clearly raised well. Not root bound at all, and a great trunk and branch structure. Buying magnolias from Wilson Bros was much better than from local nurseries in my area, as those magnolias were generally more expensive, and in worse shape.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Thank you! Our magnolia plant arrived . We love it.
Thanks!———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Thanks!———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Just received my Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolia. It’s perfect! Not a leaf out of place and a HUGE tree. I love it. Thanks so much for the care you take in sending your trees.
Tell Shari, she packed my tree perfect! :)——————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 (We will let her know!) Beth Steele | WBG
Tell Shari, she packed my tree perfect! :)——————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 (We will let her know!) Beth Steele | WBG
These 3 lovely trees arrived as promised and were packed extremely well and so beautiful they took my breath away. We followed the instructions for planting and set them in their new home below our upper deck where we can watch them grow. We were so impressed in the size and quality that we ordered another one for our daughter and that too arrived as promised and packed with care as ours was. She was thrilled to have this tree as she lost one a few years back and hadn’t replaced it as yet. We highly recommend your site to all our friends and my landscaper lady was really awed by the quality and care and value of your products. I will be ordering from you in the future as I am confident she will also. Thank you for helping us realize our potential in completing our landscaping. Regards, Judith Donald——————————We are so glad yall are pleased and we hope yall enjoy them for years to come! Thanks so much for the awesome review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
These two magnolias arrived in a timely manner and appeared healthy when I received them. I have planted them and they are doing well. I can’t wait until they bloom–probably next summer.———————————–We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG
I cant wait to watch this tree grow up. It was shipped perfectly. The box allowed for now movement or damage to the tree. It looked great coming out of the box. We are very pleased. The root system looked extremely healthy.
The Brackens Brown Beauty Magnolia (3 gallon) is the first plant I have ordered from Wilson Brothers Gardens. It only took 10 days from the time I ordered the tree online to its arrival at my front doorstep. My decision to try my first purchase with Wilson Brothers Gardens was because of the very informative website, free shipping, plant guarantee, and lower total cost for this item compared to many of the other online nurseries selling the same tree of comparable size. I received the tree today via FedEx and immediately opened the box. I am very pleased with the appearance and quality of the tree and its condition is EXCELLENT. I measured the tree’s height and it was exactly 4 feet from the top of the 3 gallon container (the base of the tree) to the top of the tree. The tree is healthy with lots of lush, green leaves and flower buds. I’m looking forward to seeing the flower buds bloom in about a month. The condition of the tree is just as good if not better than the ones at our local nurseries and at a lower total cost, too! The soil in the container was moist and the tree was well packaged. I will definitely order more plants and trees in the future from Wilson Brothers Gardens because of my good experience with this order. Thanks Wilson Brothers! I’ve attached a few photos I took of the tree the day I received it from FedEx.——————— Thanks so much for the great review!! Beth | WBG
This is the Southern Magnolia with the two toned leaves. Deep green on top; beautiful deep bronze underneath; large flowers and evergreen. I have one of the Southern Magnolias growing in my yard and it is gorgeous. In the afternoon sun, when the light hits the tree, it seems as though the bronze under tone glows. I wanted another tree like this and could not find one in the local nurseries. If I did find some they were in horrible condition. When I saw this on Wilson Bros website I did not know for sure if it was a Magnolia with the true bronze undertone, but I took a chance and ordered one, and am very excited to say that it is the correct species. It arrived fairly quickly and very well packaged. It is gorgeous and appears to be very healthy and well groomed. Can not wait to get it in the ground. Thank you Wilson Bros for sending me such a beautiful tree. I will definitely be shopping with you again.——————-WBG Reply: Hi Anna, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Brackens Brown Beauty Magnolia. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the compliments!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
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