Magnolias Plant Directory

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Etienne Soulange-Bodin'
liliiflora x denudata
Probably pentaploid 2n=95
For a discussion on the ploidy of the soulangeana complex see Treseder 'Magnolias' 1978.
E.Soulange-Bodin, Fromont, France, 1820.
This cultivar has been defined to represent the typical M.x soulangeana seen everywhere in
gardens and in almost every garden centre. There are definitive plants at RHS Wisley and elsewhere.
H5
AGM (1932, 2002) 2012
6m by 6m
A small spreading tree
10 year height/spread: 3.5m/4m
Upright goblet shaped flowers open from pink buds to an upright flower, white inside and flushed
purplish pink externally, the outer tepals reflexing slightly to 20cm across just before falling:
mid April.
Foliage: quite variable, but broadly elliptic to obovate, sometimes with an acuminate tip.
Recognise by: the large white flushed pink flowers later than average; the spreading habit.