Magnolia virginiana ludoviciana JC Raulston Arboretum Commonly known as the needle-leaf

Commonly known as the needle-leaf totara

'Gulftide' earns a place for cold-hardiness above all

or a bold accent in a mixed border

so a single truss can carry three colors at once and the whole shrub reads like a struck match

Magnolia virginiana ludoviciana JC Raulston Arboretum Commonly known as the needle-leafSweetbay is one of the loveliest and most useful of the native magnolias, and this is Sweetbay from the far western edge of the range, the big leaved, big flowered form of the Louisiana and east Texas country long known in gardens as Magnolia virginiana ludoviciana. Set against the typical species, these western Gulf plants carry noticeably larger leaves and flowers, with soft down on the undersides of the leaves and on the flower buds, and grow as