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: Medium, Large
Also Grown As: Standard Tree
Mature Height & Spread: 30-40' x 25-30'
Natural Growth Habit: Dense, Oval, Rounded, Upright
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 / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Fragrant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #15, 24" Box, #25, 36" Box
Sunset Garden Zones: 4-12, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7b
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Samuel Sommer’ is a broadleaf, evergreen tree with a dense, upright, oval to rounded, 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, specimens, pruned hedges, espaliers, street trees, shade trees. Tolerant of seacoast conditions. It has moderate drought-resistance once established, but prefers consistently moist, well-drained conditions. Prefers rich, acidic, well-drained loams. It is moderately shade tolerant for a magnolia, surviving well in partial shade, though full sun yields the heaviest blooming. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 0°F.
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Samuel Sommer’ is a broadleaf, evergreen tree with a dense, upright, oval to rounded, 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, specimens, pruned hedges, espaliers, street trees, shade trees. Tolerant of seacoast conditions. It has moderate drought-resistance once established, but prefers consistently moist, well-drained conditions. Prefers rich, acidic, well-drained loams. It is moderately shade tolerant for a magnolia, surviving well in partial shade, though full sun yields the heaviest blooming. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 0°F.
