Magnolia virginiana var. australis Best Seller Found by Mike Creel in

Found by Mike Creel in Lexington County

A hard late-winter prune keeps an old plant dense and full of bloom

Semi-evergreen in mild winters and hardy well to the north

a well-behaved

Magnolia virginiana var. australis Best Seller Found by Mike Creel inMagnolia virginiana, the sweetbay magnolia, has long been a tree of distinction in the American landscape, ranging from the cool wetlands of Massachusetts to the Gulf Coast. Across that span the species wears two very different guises. In the northern states the sweetbay is a smaller, often shrubby tree that drops its leaves in winter; in the Deep South the species reaches fullest expression as Magnolia virginiana var. australis, the evergreen