| Scientific Name: | Magnolia kobus |
| Common Name: | northern Japanese magnolia |
| Family Name: | Magnoliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely, Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Obovate, Ciliate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Pink |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, obovate, 7-15cm long x 4-6cm wide, apex acute, margin ciliate, base cuneate, petioles 1-2cm long; flowers 8-10cm wide, 6 tepals, white with pink tinge, open before leaves, Mar-Apr; aggregate fruit 2-8cm long, knobby follicles with red seeds. Winter ID: graceful habit, usually multi-stemmed, broken twigs with strong odour; persistent or dropped irregular shaped fruit; flower buds hairy, about 2cm long; leaf buds 2-4mm long, nearly black with grey hairs. | |