Ricki Magnolia

This selection produces large, richly coloured red-purple blooms with an intense fragrance, and its strong upright habit makes it one of the most space-efficient magnolias for urban gardens where width is a constraint.

• Large cup-shaped reddish-purple buds open to richly fragrant red-purple flowers in April–May
• Dark green leaves turn to yellow, then bronze, as they drop in fall
• Strong upright habit, significantly narrower than most magnolias of comparable flower size