Magnolia 'Jane'

This late flowering deciduous magnolia was selected by the US National Arboretum. 3½” to 4″ blossoms sport petals that are white inside with tones of pink, red and purple on the outside.

The “girl” magnolias are selections resulting from controlled crosses between one of two Magnolia liliiflora cultivars (‘Nigra’ and ‘Reflorescens’) and one of two Magnolia stellata cultivars (‘Rosea’ and ‘Waterlily’). The crosses were made at the U.S. National Arboretum in 1955 and 1956 by William F. Kosar and Dr. Francis de Vos. ‘Jane’ was named in honor of the wife of Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman.