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'Norman Gould'
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Image: Pugh, Glenn - NBGW
Common name:
magnolia 'Norman Gould'
Family:
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)
Life form:
Deciduous tree • Coeden gollddail
Usage:
Ornamental
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Magnolia (mag-NO-lee-a): For Pierre Magnol (1638–1715), Professor of Botany and Director of Montpellier Botanic Garden.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
kobus (KOE-bus): From a Japanese name, kobushi for some Magnolia species.
Description:
Small, deciduous tree or large shrub about 5m tall, with mid-green leaves to 12cm long. Scented, star-shaped pure white flowers 12cm across, with 6-9 tepals with a hint of pink at the base, are abundantly produced in mid-spring; raised at RHS Wisley and named for a RHS botanist.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
IWGA03-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant A Bed 03/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant A Gwely 03
(IWGA03)
• Accession: 2003-1197*C • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Japanese Garden/Ardd Siapaneaidd 16
(JAP16)
• Accession: 2003-1197*B • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual