Magnolia grandiflora L. var. ?Exmouth?

Horticultural & Botanical History

Several varieties have appeared at different times in European nursery-gardens, especially in those of central and western France, where the propagation of the evergreen Magnolia has been an important industry since its first introduction. These varieties differ principally in the form of the leaf and in the duration of the flowering period. The variety Exoniensis, raised in England early in this century, with a rather fastigiate habit of growth, oblong elliptical leaves densely clothed with tomentum on the lower surface, and somewhat contracted flowers, is considered in that country the most distinct, and, from its habit of flowering when only a few feet high, the most valuable for cultivation. The variety angustifolia, which appeared at Angers about 1825, is one of the most distinct and permanent of these seminal varieties. The variety praecox, another French variety, is distinguished by early and continuous blooming.’ [Sargent – The Silva of North America vol.1, p.4 /1891].

History at Camden Park

Desideratum to Loddiges’ Nursery, 6th January 1845.  [MP A2933-2, p.28]. This is the only record.

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