Facts About Magnolia

Do you know that

•    Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) was declared the State Flower of Mississippi in the year 1952.

•    It has such common names as Evergreen Magnolia, Large-Flower Magnolia, Bull-Bay, and Big-Laurel.

•    The plant’s blossoms lack real petals and sepals; they are made up of petal-like tepals.

•    Actually Magnolia flowers do not yield true nectar; instead of they give pollen in big quantities.

•    The pollen is rich in protein; it serves as food for the beetles, which are attracted by the blooms’ sugary secretions that are very aromatic. Usually the beetles pollinate the flowers.

•    Magnolia tree looks like a pyramidal crown; it is capable to reach the height from 60 up to 80 ft, spreading nearly to 30 - 50 ft.

•    Magnolia produces cone-like fruits coming in reddish-brown; they contain red seeds in the shape of kidney. The seeds mature in the mid-end of the autumn

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