Magnolia 'Red Lucky' Standard
- Magnolias are a traditional sign that spring has arrived each and every year.
- 'Red Lucky’ produces giant flowerheads that house over 40 tepals to create the most spectacular blooms.
- Here it has been grafted into a standard form for the perfect garden or patio feature.
- Hardy to -15C and with just a little prune to shape will form a nice, low maintenance, medium sized specimen garden tree.
- Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, approx. 1.1-1.2M tall, ready to plant.
Product Description
Magnolias are a traditional sign that spring has arrived each and every year, with their beautiful huge buds bursting into colour early in the season. This special variety ‘Red Lucky’ will really wow with its large flowerheads that house over 40 tepals to create the most spectacular blooms!
As well as its dramatic flowers, here ‘Red Lucky' has been grafted into a half standard form to create a lollipop-effect with a ball of foliage and flower atop a long clear stem – turning a traditional tree into a contemporary feature for any garden.
Easy to grow, it’s already been grafted into a standard form, hardy to -15C (although best to avoid windy sites) and with just a little prune to shape will form a nice, low maintenance, medium sized specimen garden tree.
Plant up in a large patio container and place by a doorway, gateway or pathway where it will make a superb eye-catching feature, or on a patio where you can really enjoy the beauty.
Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, approx. 1.1-1.2M tall, ready to plant.
What Is Supplied
Plant Information
Top Tips
- Your standard Magnolia requires little pruning other than to maintain its shape and remove damaged or crossing stems. Do this as soon as possible after flowering to keep the flower buds for the following year.
- When planting, choose your site carefully as magnolias dislike being moved.
- Magnolia plants establish quicker when their roots are shaded so apply a mulch of rotted bark chips, manure or garden compost after planting, taking care not to mound it around the stem of the plant.
Care Guide
- Plant magnolias in a sunny or semi shaded position with protection from cold winds and spring frosts.
- Magnolias prefer a rich, moist, well drained, acid to neutral soil so incorporate plenty of well-rotted manure or garden compost to improve the soil prior to planting.
- If you're planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast and use the best compost you can buy - an equal mix of ericaceous compost with John Innes No. 3 is ideal.
- For all trees, we highly recommend using our Tree Planting Kit. Push 40cm of each stake into the soil next to each tree.
- With the soft tie, make a figure of eight around both the trunk and stake, and fasten it off.
- Spread the Mycorrhizal fungi on the roots and in the soil when planting and ensure that it is in close contact with the roots.
- Water the plants weekly - especially in dry weather - for the first 8 weeks or so - do not allow plants to dry out in the first 4 months after planting.
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