Magnolia cordata Woodlanders Introduction finger-like leaflets in a palmate

finger-like leaflets in a palmate fan

all the beauty and aromatic foliage of the species

in a gravel or Japanese-style garden

and hails from China

an airy cloud of pink to rose-red that seems to hover a foot above the foliage and glows when backlit by low sun

Magnolia cordata Woodlanders Introduction finger-like leaflets in a palmateMagnolia cordata is the yellow cucumbertree, a smaller, more garden friendly cousin of the towering cucumbertree magnolia and, botanically, a variety of it, Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata. Where the parent species climbs seventy feet and hides greenish flowers high in the canopy, this yellow flowered form stays a modest tree of twenty five to thirty five feet and carries the trait breeders have chased for generations: tulip shaped blooms of clear,