| Scientific Name: | Magnolia 'Galaxy' |
| Common Name: | Galaxy magnolia |
| Family Name: | Magnoliaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Purple, Pink, Red, Apr |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Single-stemmed small tree with ascending branches; leaves alternate, most obovate, 7-12cm long x 3-5cm wide; flowers mostly with 12 dark red-purple tepals that are more pinkish on the inside. Winter ID: twigs reddish brown, small lenticels; flower buds pubescent but less hairy than most other magnolias; leaf scars V-shaped with 7 bundle scars. | |