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; 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.