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, 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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