Image: Southern magnolia -- Magnolia grandiflora

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Description: Called Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magnolia, Loblolly Magnolia, Great Laurel Magnolia, Big Laurel, & Bull Bay. An evergreen with straight trunk, conical crown, and very fragrant, very large, white flowers. They have a dense growth of smooth, leathery evergreen leaves that are 5-10 inches long, shiny on top and rusty below. Fragrant, creamy-white flowers appear on the ends of thick, tough stems all over the tree. The flowers are cup-shaped, about 8 inches across, with 6 thick petals, wider at the tip, where they are cupped. This specimen came from far Southeast Houston, Texas which is near Galveston Bay
Title: Southern magnolia -- Magnolia grandiflora
Credit: Own work
Author: Jim Evans
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