{"id":6085,"date":"2015-03-15T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6085"},"modified":"2015-01-24T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T21:33:25","slug":"old-fashioned-star-magnolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/03\/15\/old-fashioned-star-magnolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Old-fashioned Star Magnolias Very Beautiful Start Of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Multi-petalled Star Magnolia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata<\/em>) is a multi-branched shrub or small tree which is native to Japan (USDA hardiness zones 4 to 8). This early flowering magnolia is noted for its compact form. A mature tree form grows 15 to 25 feet tall, 10 to 20 feet wide, and exhibits an umbrella-like canopy. Each flower typically contains 12-18 narrow thick fleshy petals (referred to as \u201ctepals\u201d).<\/p>\n

In southern U.S. climes, its white flowers emerge weeks before the leaves, often a week or two before the official start of spring. In a colder northern spring it may wait to bloom in mid-April. White fragrant blooms are often damaged by spring frosts, but the remaining buds wait to open; flowering may continue over 2-3 weeks.<\/p>\n

Star magnolia is easily grown in an average, medium, well-drained soil in full to part sun (4-hours minimum). It prospers a rich organic soil. It is best sited sheltered away from high winds; avoid a southerly exposure where flower buds may open too early and get frost-killed. Star magnolia suffers from few serious disease or pest problems when properly sited.<\/p>\n

Star magnolia stands as a handsome small landscape tree or large shrub near a patio or in front of an evergreen background. Plant several together as a hedgerow. Star magnolia is best planted in late winter into spring, either balled and burlapped (b&b) or container-grown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) is a multi-branched shrub or small tree which is native to Japan (USDA hardiness zones 4 to 8). This early flowering magnolia is noted for its compact form. A mature tree form grows 15 to 25 feet tall, 10 to 20 feet wide, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,440,674,1012,989,551,843,601,1076,630,705,646,7,708,455,162],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6085"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7359,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6085\/revisions\/7359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}