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‘Jim Wilson’, commonly sold as MOONGLOW, is a patented cultivar that is distinguished from the species by (1) more vigorous upright growth, (2) better cold hardiness with semi-evergreen foliage in the northern part of its range, and (3) slightly larger flowers.
The Moonglow Sweetbay Magnolia, Magnolia virginiana Jim Wilson, is a magnificent, easy to grow North American native tree that produces sweetly fragrant flowers that look like creamy-white tulips perched upright at the ends of branches before opening to 8-petaled flowers typical of sweetbay magnolias. Get all the details below!
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Moonglow Bay Magnolia. Botanical Name: Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' MOONGLOW. Evergreen or Deciduous: Evergreen. Hardiness Zone: 10a, 10b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Growth Rate: Average. Light Requirements: Part-shade, Part-sun, Sun. Height: 15-35' Width: 10-20 ft. Soil Condition: Well-drained to wet. Water Needs: Average ...
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3.5" CALIPER. Quality Guarantee. The Moonglow® Sweet Bay Magnolia, also known as Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson', is a cultivar of the Sweet Bay Magnolia tree. It is a popular choice for landscapes and gardens due to its attractive foliage, fragrant flowers, and compact size.
- Moon's Tree Farm
- SE N. American Coast: GA Native
- 20'-25’
- 7'-18'
- 'Havener'
- 'Henry Hicks'
- 'Jim Wilson'
- 'Mattie Mae Smith'
- 'Mayer'
- 'Milton'
- 'Perry paige'
- 'Ravenswood'
- 'Santa Rosa'
- 'Satellite'
Flowers large, fragrant, cream with a hint of pink, to 11 cm across, with up to 20 tepals. Selected by Joe McDaniel in the late 1960s, the original growing in Mount Pulaski, Illinois.
Small to medium, evergreen, pyramidal tree selected as a particularly hardy form of var. australis, claimed to withstand temperatures down to –29°C. A seedling growing at the Scott Arboretum, PA, selected by Joe McDaniel, registered 1967.
(Var. australis). A hardy semi-evergreen clone, a vigorous and upright medium tree resistant to wind and ice; flowers 5–8 cm across. Selected by Earl Cully, IL, from seedlings planted 1975. US Plant Patent 12065 granted 2001 (Missouri Botanical Garden 2022; Justia Patents 2022).
(Var. australis) Variegated, mature leaves with a broad, pale yellow to olive margin. A seedling from a wild tree in Florida, raised by John Allen Smith, AL, in 1995. US Plant Patent 12204 granted 2001 (Google Patents 2022).
A burly multistemmed shrub to 3 m, which flowers from an early age. Selected by Joe McDaniel before 1970, the original plant received from Robert Mayer, Champaign, IL.
Small to medium tree of upright, almost columnar habit; with long, narrow, evergreen leaves. Reportedly hardy to –23°C, and setting copious seed. Selected by Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum, the original growing at Milton, MA. Having seen a number of specimens with different leaf shapes so labelled at the Arnold, Dirr (2009)suggests that ...
(Var. australis) Relatively dwarf, a medium shrub, with leaves a lighter shade of green and narrower than typical for species. Selected from a batch of much larger seedlings in the 1990s by nurseryman George Dodson, TN, and marketed by nearby Boyd Nursery Company (2022). US Plant Patent 17814 granted 2007.
A small, multistemmed, deciduous tree; very fragrant flowers with 11 tepals, to 7.5 cm across. Selected before 2000 from the most northerly natural population of M. virginiana, in the swampy woodland of Ravenswood Park, Gloucester, on the Massachusetts coast. This disjunct site has been celebrated since the early 19th century by New England botanis...
(Var. australis) Very large leaves; evergreen (Dirr 2020). Selected before 1990 from a Florida seed source by Bob McCartney of Woodlanders Nursery, Aiken, South Carolina.
Single-stemmed evergreen tree, lateral branches arranged diffusely rather than appearing whorled; flowers large. Selected before 1980 by Frank Santamour, US National Arboretum, from seed of var. australis collected in Tennessee, 1968.
Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' Moonglow - Sweet Bay Magnolia - [RFT Pre-Order] - Magnoliaceae (The Magnolia Family) Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' Moonglow offers profuse displays of white, lemon-scented flowers and evergreen foliage.
Magnolia virginiana 'Moonglow®' (Jim Wilson) Cup-shaped sweetly fragrant creamy-white flowers. A few flowers at a time, heavier in late spring, sporadic through summer. Glossy semi-evergreen leaves are dark green and silvery-green underneath. Cone-like fruits with bright red seeds mature in the fall.
