Pretty tree ID

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Pretty tree ID

Post: # 273390Post green_pea »

Have yet to take a photo, but maybe someone could ID from my description. There's a tree about 6ft tall & 6ft wide in a front garden down the road with large (fist sized) pinkish white, upward pointing flowers on. The flowers are sort of lily like, no leaves just lots and lots of big flowers.

Any ideas?

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Post: # 273392Post Thomzo »

Magnolia?

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Post: # 273394Post Zech »

I agree, sounds like magnolia to me, too.
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Post: # 273399Post GeorgeSalt »

Definitely sounds like a Magnolia, round here the Magnolia stellata are in flower, and the large cup-flowered trees have fat buds just itching to break.

Dan Person had an article in the Guardian recently on growing them - http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... -magnolias
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Post: # 273401Post oldjerry »

The big things are Magnolia Grandiflora,usual prob they have is late frosts which brown the flowers before they open.or something a bit splendid,google Trewidden Blue.

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Post: # 273416Post doofaloofa »

Handkerchief tree (davidii?)?

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