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Magnoliaceae
Lily Magnolia
Magnolia liliiflora
Feminine beauty, nobility, and a love of nature.
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
- Native to
- China
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- deciduous shrub or small tree
- Height
- 250–400 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- moist, well-drained, slightly acidic
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 5–9
- Lifespan
- perennial; 50–100 years
Did you know
- It has been cultivated in Chinese gardens for over 1,400 years and is a symbol of the feminine principle (yin).
- The dried flower buds, called 'xin yi', are used in traditional Chinese medicine for sinus congestion.
- It is one parent of the hugely popular 'Little Girl' hybrid magnolias bred by the US National Arboretum.
- The flowers open before the leaves emerge, creating a striking display of purple goblets on bare branches.
- In Chinese art, it is one of the 'jade orchid' flowers, symbolic of purity and perseverance.
Color meanings
Purple
nobility and dignity
Pink
feminine grace
White
purity and perfection