Scented Magnolia Liliiflora | 10 seeds

Please find for sale 10 pretty rare seeds for the beautiful Magnolia Liliiflora, also known as Mulan magnolia, purple magnolia, red magnolia, lily magnolia, tulip magnolia, Jane magnolia and woody-orchid.

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It is a deciduous shrub, exceptionally a small tree, to 4m tall (smaller than most other magnolias), and blooms profusely in early spring with large pink to purple showy scented flowers, before the leaf buds open.

Germination Guide

Magnolia seeds benefit from a period of cold stratification. Stratification is a process of simulating natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur (if a seed germinates in the middle of winter it will die). In the wild, seed dormancy is usually overcome by the seed spending time in the ground through a winter period and having its hard seed coat softened up by frost and weathering action. This cold, moist period triggers the seed's embryo; its growth and subsequent expansion eventually break through the softened seed coat in its search for sun and nutrients.

Most growers prefer the natural method of stratification for Magnolia - simply bury seeds in a pot (with drainage holes) of sand and leave outside over winter. In late winter bring indoors for sowing as follows:

• Sow seeds individually 0.5cm deep in pots of well-draining compost mix
• Ensure compost does not dry out
• Keep at 15-20c
• Seedlings should appear after approx 6 weeks depending on conditions.