Its resilience and relatively low maintenance make it a favored choice among gardeners seeking a tree with year-round visual interest
Slow-growing and compact
The creamy-yellow blotches on its leaves are marbled
Needs periodic chemical spraying
Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' - 100-140cm - 10lt Mahonia Its resilience and relatively lowMagnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' is a vigorous, compact, rounded, multi stemmed, deciduous shrub or small tree, with ovate, medium green leaves. Fragrant, star shaped, deep purplish pink, white inside, flowers with 12 narrow petals open from purple buds and bloom in early to mid spring. Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' grows best in fertile, rich, slightly acidic, moist, but well drained soils. It doesnt like too wet or too dry soils. It thrives in full