Magnolias - simple flowers reveal ancient beauty

Magnolias - simple flowers reveal ancient beauty
Magnolia Distribution
Magnolia is a well known genus of woody plants used in temperate
gardens. Its botanical name is also its common name in English
speaking countries.
There are some 80 species, about 50 being Asian in distribution.
Most of the species are found in mountain areas and more than
half occur in the tropics.
The name of the genus commemorates Pierre Magnol
Magnolia
[1638-1715]. An early Director of the Botanic
[soulangiana
ruby]
Garden at Montpelier, France, and
Professor of Botany and Medicine.
Europe
Tasmania
Rainforest
Europe
Tasmania
Wattles & Eucalypts
Alpine
Arbor
Don
Australia
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Rive
Private
Property
Other Magnolia can be seen in
North American collection, their
location is given on the site map
above.
The map shows the
distribution of Magnolia
and is indicative of
their early appearance in
among flowering plants
on the ancient continent of
Gondwana.
Magnolia tree in bloom
Asian species have been cultivated
in China and Japan from long before 1688.
Species taken to Europe from Asia were from
cultivation there.
Arbor
Western Hill
North America
Quarry
Island
sia
North America
Founders Lake
ose
elr
Fern Gully
Magnolia sprengeri
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Mediterranean
KIOSK
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Oriental
Garden
Funiculus
EMERGENCY PHONE
at Caretakers Residence
Entr
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Asi
Eas
Scars from sepals
& petals
Hallet's Quarry
a
Dickenson
Outcrop
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n
Seed
Closed to
the Public
North America
Melrose Creek
Cap Magnolia
[delavayi]
Magnolia
[loebneri Merril]
Limestone Hill
Melrose Creek
VISITOR CENTRE
Magnolia and its
relatives are seen
as plants that have
evolved little since their
appearance among the
earliest flowering plants.
Their simple flower
structure and seed
head [fruit] are
indicators of this.
Kiln Ruin
South America
Follicle
Scars from stamens
Eastern A
Magnolia [liliiflora
nigra]
Eastern Asia
North America
Gondwana
Magnolia [yellow river]
Behind: Magnolia [soulangeana ruby]
Temporarily
Closed to
Public
New Zealand
Gevuina
Magnolia
seed head [fruit]
nuts
Private
Property
New Zealand
White Gum Grove
d
Islan
The evergreen yulan [Magnolia denudata] was
one of those.
A popular Magnolia in older Tasmanian gardens
was the bull bay [Magnolia grandiflora],
another evergreen with large white
flowers. This species was the first
Magnolia listed in a Hobart
nursery catalogue in 1830.
Europe
Circuit
Gevuina avellana, the
Chilean Hazel from
the Protea family.
Sylvan
The first Magnolia in cultivation
in Europe was from North
America, Magnolia
virginiana, recorded
in 1688.
iver
Don Riv
Himalaya Central
and Western Asia
Eugenana State Reserve
Southern Africa
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