How many times a year does magnolia bloom?

Magnolia is one of the commonly used greening garden flowers and trees, and it is planted in many areas, so how many times a year does Magnolia blossom? What are the specific varieties?

How many times a year does Magnolia blossom?

Magnolia usually blossoms once a year, and the flowering period is from February to March each year, but due to the influence of different regions and varieties, magnolia may blossom again from July to September every year, depending on the actual situation.

Magnolia is native to the provinces in central China, and now it is also planted in Beijing, south of the Yellow River Basin and other areas.

Magnolia is a deciduous tree with broad branches forming a broad crown, up to 25 meters high, with a breast diameter of 1 meter, bark dark gray, rough and dehiscent; branchlets slightly stout, grayish brown; winter buds and pedicels densely covered with grayish yellow long silk hairs.

Magnolia not only has ornamental value, but also can be used to extract essential oil, seeds can also be used to extract oil as industrial oil, flowers can also be eaten, very useful.

What are the varieties of magnolia?

1. Magnolia oleifera, produced in Yuan'an, Hubei Province. Born in woodland at 700 meters above sea level, the flower buds are oval in shape, covered with white flat pubescence, and the flowers open in the first leaves, light purplish red.

2. Luotian Magnolia, produced in Hubei (Dabie Mountains, Luotian County). Born in the forest at 500 meters above sea level, the flower buds are oval, about 3 cm long and covered with yellow villus. The bark of this species is a substitute for medicinal Magnolia.

3. Wangchun Magnolia, white as jade and fragrant as orchid, its tree shape is majestic, the taller can be more than 10 meters, it blossoms in March and the fruit is ripe from June to July.

4. Baohua Magnolia, produced in Jiangsu (Jurong Baohuashan). Born in hills about 220 meters above sea level, buds ovate, flower first leaves open, fragrant, about 12 cm in diameter, flowering from March to April and fruiting from August to September.