Magnolia 'Susan'

Magnolia 'Susan'Magnolia can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs, with large, showy, often fragrant flowers, often opening before the leaves, and sometimes followed by colourful cone like fruit 'Susan' is a bushy, upright shrub with large mid green leaves and narrow goblet shaped, fragrant purple red flowers in mid spring.

Their small flowers grow in disk-shaped bracts with attractive tomato-red centres and bloom early in the months of February

lasting all summer long

alkaline soil

fading to yellow as they mature

Fortunately

Unlike other Brunnera

to encourage new blooms

They prefer slightly acidic loam soil in a well-drained spot

A slow-growing and low maintenance plant that requires little or no pruning

which gains richer hues of green in shaded sites

glossy green foliage

Buxus Balls are a hugely popular way to add year round greenery to the garden