Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolia (Single Trunk Tree Form)
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5b-10a   Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Â Evergreen Flowering Tree
Height at Maturity:Â 30-40′
Width at Maturity:Â 15-20′
Suggested Spacing:Â Best as a specimen or 2 to frame an entrance
Growth Habit / Form:Â Dense, Upright, Pyramidal, High Branch
Flower Color: Â White
Flower Size:Â Large, 8″
Flowering Period:Â Late Spring through Summer
Flower Type:Â Single
Fragrant Flowers:Â Yes – extremely fragrant!
Foliage Color:Â Dark Green, Copper-Brown undersides
Fragrant Foliage:Â –
Sun Needs:Â Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs:Â Â Average, Low when established
Soil Type:Â Â Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), SiltÂ
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Â Well Drained Moist
Soil pH:Â 4.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care:Â Low
Attracts:Â Visual Attention, Birds
Resistances:Â Deer –Â more info, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
This is the single trunk tree form version of the ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’, a significant 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 coppery, orange-brown undersides and its large, wonderfully fragrant, cup-shaped white flowers up to 8 inches in diameter bloom in late spring and early summer, with sparse continued flowering throughout the summer months. Birds love the attractive red fruits that develop in cone-shaped clusters late in the season. This tree form version is excellent as a specimen, for row planting, or as a pair to frame an entrance, such as a driveway.Â
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing upright to 30 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide, Bracken’s Brown Magnolia is ideal for use in evergreen privacy screen plantings, or row plantings to line a driveway or property line. It is an outstanding evergreen 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. Two can be used to frame an entrance, such as at the end of a driveway. It is a fine addition to fragrance and sensory gardens, bird and wildlife gardens, cut flower gardens, native gardens, and cottage gardens.Â
Suggested Spacing:Â 12 to 15 feet apart for solid screens;Â 25 feet or more apart for space between trees
See:Â Â Privacy Screen Planting Tips & Instructions
Growing Preferences
Bracken’s Brown Magnolia is very easy to grow in moist, well-drained soil and full sun or part shade. We suggest at least four hours of sunlight daily.Â
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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