Magnolia 'Spectrum' flowers Produces the best pure scarlet

Produces the best pure scarlet colour of any maple

also delight with a radiant symphony of gold and orange

which have crimson and yellow centres

Pale pink corymbs are followed by drooping clusters of reddish fruit

babylonica 'Babylon'

Magnolia 'Spectrum' flowers Produces the best pure scarletA strong growing, upright tree suitable for the smaller garden. This hybrid (Magnolia liliflora 'Nigra' x Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva'), a sister seedling of 'Galaxy', has flowers of a rich red purple and elegantly curved in bud, opening deep reddish pink with a paler interior, held in a shapely upright fashion. Requires fertile, slightly acid soil. Hardy.