{"id":1385,"date":"2024-04-30T13:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=1385"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:51:59","slug":"southern-magnolia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/ornamentals\/southern-magnolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Magnolia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Ornamentals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Southern Magnolia (<em>Magnolia grandiflora<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Upright, large-trunked,&nbsp;<em>evergreen<\/em>&nbsp;tree with large, stiff leaves that are&nbsp;<em>alternate<\/em>, shiny, dark green above an light green or brown below. The spring flowers are large, white and fragrant. Fruits are cone-like, 4-inch aggregates of many dark red seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/magnolia_tree_twichman300x400.jpg\" alt=\"Really big Southern magnolia tree taken far enough away to get the whole tree in.\" class=\"wp-image-6785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/magnolia_tree_twichman300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/magnolia_tree_twichman300x400-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo courtesy of Tom Wichman, used with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/so_magnolia_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Southern magnolia flower\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/10949.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magnolia flower. Steven J. Baskauf http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/so_magnolia_trunk.jpg\" alt=\"Bark of Southern magnolia tree trunk\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(cc) 2007, KENPEI. This photo is licensed under<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.1\/jp\/deed.en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.1<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/so_magnolia_leaves.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage of Southern magnolia\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/image\/1119198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magnolia foliage. Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/so_magnolia_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf of Southern magnolia\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/15481.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven J. Baskauf http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/so_magnolia_fruit2.jpg\" alt=\"Young fruit of Southern magnolia\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/image\/5125070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magnolia fruit. Wendy VanDyk Evans, Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/so_magnolia_fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit of Southern magnolia\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(cc) 2008, Philip M. Stewart. 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