Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Trees
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Small, Medium
Also Grown As: Espalier / Natural Low Branching / Standard Tree
Mature Height & Spread: 15-25' x 7-15'
Natural Growth Habit: Compact, Narrow, Oval, Pyramidal
Native To: Cultivar, Eastern USA
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: White
Bloom Time: Summer, Fall
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Fragrant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #15, 24" Box, #25, #45, 36" Box, 48" Box
Sunset Garden Zones: 4-12, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is a broadleaf, evergreen tree with a compact, narrow, oval/pyramidal, excurrent habit and featuring leaves with a shiny, green top and a fuzzy, rusty-bronze underside and fragrant, creamy-white flowers. It has an exceptionally long bloom season from late spring through summer. Uses include privacy screens, formal hedges, specimens, accents. It has multiple forms: columnar, standard, espalier, multi-trunk. Tolerant of seacoast conditions. It has moderate drought-resistance once deeply established, but prefers consistently moist, well-drained conditions. Prefers rich, acidic, well-drained loams. It is highly shade tolerant for a magnolia, surviving well in partial shade, though full sun yields the heaviest blooming. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 10°F.
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is a broadleaf, evergreen tree with a compact, narrow, oval/pyramidal, excurrent habit and featuring leaves with a shiny, green top and a fuzzy, rusty-bronze underside and fragrant, creamy-white flowers. It has an exceptionally long bloom season from late spring through summer. Uses include privacy screens, formal hedges, specimens, accents. It has multiple forms: columnar, standard, espalier, multi-trunk. Tolerant of seacoast conditions. It has moderate drought-resistance once deeply established, but prefers consistently moist, well-drained conditions. Prefers rich, acidic, well-drained loams. It is highly shade tolerant for a magnolia, surviving well in partial shade, though full sun yields the heaviest blooming. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 10°F.
