Magnolia grandiflora 'Greenback™' (MGTIG)'
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Michael Dirr Magnolia grandiflora 'Greenback™' (MGTIG)'
Michael Dirr
Magnolia grandiflora 'Greenback™' (MGTIG)'
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Greenback™' (MGTIG) Southern Magnolia
Common Names:
  • Greenback™' (MGTIG) Southern Magnolia
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Greenback™' (MGTIG) Southern Magnolia
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Can tolerate both shady and sunny conditions.
Dry to wet conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 6 to Zone 10

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 50' to 100'.
Dirr says: "dense, tightly branches"

Flowers:

  Color(s): White
Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
 

Foliage:

  Broadleaf Evergreen
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer.
Dirr says: "leaves are 4 to 5" long, lustrous waxy dark green above, minimal pubescence below; leaves cupped reflecting like a thousand points of light on a sunny day."  

Fruit:

  Color: Red
Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as an ornamental plant.
Can be used as a specimen plant.
Can be used as a hedge plant.
Can be used as a grouping plant.

Dirr says: "A bright star in the world of new M. grandiflora introductions; great container plant as it forms many breaks from each shoot and fills in as a young plant. Will prove a worthy screening plant."

Other:

  Is Heat Tolerant
 
Magnolia grandiflora 'Greenback™' (MGTIG)' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAmerican Canyon, CA
Angwin, CAAntioch, CAArtesia, CA
Avalon, CAAzusa, CABaldwin Park, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBell Gardens, CA
Bell, CABellflower, CABeverly Hills, CA
Bronx, NYBrooklyn, NYBrownsville, TX
Canton, MICerritos, CAChino Hills, CA
Chino, CACity Of industry, CAClaremont, CA
College Point, NYCorona, CACorona, NY
Danville, CADetroit, MIEast Elmhurst, NY
Ecorse, MIElmhurst, NYEssex, CA
Fawnskin, CAFerndale, MIFlorence, SC
Flushing, NYFontana, CAForest Falls, CA
Forest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VAFountain Valley, CA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGlendora, CA
Granada Hills, CAGuasti, CAGwynn Oak, MD
Hacienda Heights, CAHarper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MI
Hawthorne, CAHermosa Beach, CAHialeah, FL
Hollywood, FLHunt Valley, MDHuntington Park, CA
Irvine, CAJackson Heights, NYLa Puente, CA
Leasburg, NCLexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLong Beach, CA
Los Angeles, CALudlow, CAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMemphis, MI
Mercedes, TXMiddle Village, NYMission Hills, CA
Mission, TXModesto, CAMoreno Valley, CA
Morgantown, WVMount Clemens, MINew Baltimore, MI
New Haven, MINew York, NYNewport News, VA
North Hills, CANorth Street, MINorthridge, CA
Norwalk, CAOakland Gardens, NYOlmito, TX
Pacoima, CAPalmdale, CAPearblossom, CA
Penitas, TXPharr, TXPhelan, CA
Philadelphia, PAPikesville, MDPinon Hills, CA
Port Isabel, TX
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