PORT WINE MAGNOLIA michelia figo

• Age
  • Planted 11th September 2004.
  • Planted 26th January 2006 by my brother Toby. Purchased from Glenbrook Hardware.
• Where it's Growing
  • 85% shade.
• Upkeep
  • Good mulch. Alot of slow release, charlies carp and worm juice and regular watering in summer. Just for starters! The new plant has had to have a shade cloth erected around it facing the morning as it would not like 'full' morning sun.
• Growth Patterns
  • Slow grower, but that doesn't mean it doesn't flower well. The established one has always flowered well. Both have grown quiet well and the oldest one is now a nice sized small bush. It is also covered in flowers for its second flowering season (2006).
  • Flowers mid Spring and again mid Autumn.
• Future Notes
  • My favourite plant. Ever since having a huge specimen 10 foot tall in my garden in Katoomba, I have always loved and wanted these plants.
  • Gave the older plant a heap of cow manure and mulch. Then gave both of them liquid fertilisers (26.9.06)
  • Native to East Asia - China