Kobus Magnolia
Magnolia kobus · Magnoliaceae · 목련
How to spot it
White flowers open before the leaves; a pale purple line may show on the outer base of the flower.
Look
- Leaves
- Alternate simple leaves, long elliptic to obovate, with smooth margins.
- Flowers
- Fragrant, creamy white flowers, sometimes tinged with red or pink.
- Fruit
- A cone-like cluster of follicles opens to show red seeds.
- Bark
- Silvery or brownish-gray bark; ridges form on older stems.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Native to Korea and Japan.
- Ecology
- Birds eat the seeds. American horticultural sources say young seedlings can take a long time to flower fully.