Description
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Gallisoniensis’ produces beautiful, large, white flowers in the summer, which can be up to 25 cm in diameter. As well as decorating this stunning tree they also create a sweet-citrus smelling aroma. It has large, ovoid leaves which are dark green and leathery on top, with a coppery, almost-furry underside. It has young shoots that are reddish, that change to a greyish brown at maturity.
As well as an attractive specimen tree, the dense shoots and large leaves, make Magnolia grandiflora great for screening and creating garden privacy.
What is a pleached tree?
A pleached tree has a single clear stem and a crown of branches that have been trained horizontally on a supporting frame. Frames can be made of wood, metal or bamboo. Generally pleached trees are planted in a row and can create a continuous narrow screen, or like a hedge on stilts. They are low maintenance as the branches are already trained onto a frame work. Just once or twice a year they can be pruned and any new growth tucked in or tied in. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Gallisoniensis’ make stunning pleached trees. The main benefit of any pleached tree is the immediate impact on the structure and framework of the garden
Why choose Magnolia grandiflora ‘Gallisoniensis’ as a pleached tree?
Pleached trees can bring screening, privacy and a framework to a garden. They can also act as a windbreak. In new-build homes and modern gardens, privacy can be a major concern and pleached trees can provide a stylish and space efficient result. They give a formal look to a garden that works well in both traditional or contemporary design.
Our pleached trees are grown with a clear stem of approximately 1.8m and the head of the tree is trained against a frame approximately 1m high x 1.2m wide.
If you are interested in buying we have a good stock at present please contact us for more details.
As well as this pleached version, we also this versatile evergreen as a full feathered tree, as a standard clear stem tree and as an evergreen screen grown on galvanised steel frames with several plants grown in each container, covering each screen completely as an espalier frame.
Ideal Conditions: Grows well in most soils, must be sheltered and not north-facing.
Maximum Height: 15 metres
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