Audubon® Native Magnolia Trees

New for Spring 2023!

The Magnolia tree is a beacon of spring, whether planted by themselves or in groves! They’re known and loved for their fragrant blooms, which can be yellow, white, or pink. The flowers can grow as large as ten inches across!

Unfortunately at this time we cannot ship into ID,MT,OR.

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Overview

When this majestic flowering trees trades their huge summer blooms for fall seeds, birds come flocking. The seeds are high in fat, making them especially valuable to birds when they need the extra energy the most (whether migrating south or surviving the winter in place).

Audubon® Native Southern Magnolia: Lemony scented blooms followed by glossy red seeds loved by birds. The sturdy branches and evergreen leaves create niches for nesting, escaping from predators, or simply hanging out. Trees will mature to 60-80' tall and 30-50' wide. Best suite to zones 6-10. Look forward to thrushes, waxwings, wood warblers, finches, mockingbirds & thrashers, chickadees & titmice, orioles, cardinals & grosbeaks, crows & jays, sparrows, nuthatches, vireos, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, and wrens. 

Audubon® Native Sweetbay Magnolia: Heavenly scented, large, creamy white blooms appear in Spring with bluish-green, semi-evergreen foliage with silver undersides before it transitions to a bright yellow fall color. This low branch tree matures to be 10-35' tall and wide. Suited for zones 5-10. This Magnolia can attract thrushes, waxwings, finches, mockingbirds & thrashers, chickadees & titmice, orioles, cardinals & grosbeaks, crows & jays, sparrows, vireos, hummingbirds, and wrens. This tree has also been used by Spicebush and Tiger Swallowtail butterflies to raise their young. 

Features & Benefits:

• Bird-friendly native plant provides food and shelter for local and migrating birds and other wildlife
• Audubon Native plants & trees are free of neonicotinoids
• Grows in full sun to part shade
• Grown & shipped from the USA

*Please note, unfortunately at this time we cannot ship into ID,MT,OR. 

Care Instructions:

Watering: These trees will need to be watered daily for the first 3-5 weeks; then 2-3 times a week for the remainder of the year until winter. Watering needs may be altered due to extreme weather conditions.

Soil/Conditions: Well-draining, organic rich, moist loams.

Shipping & Delivery:

All Bower & Branch plants are fresh from the grower and shipped in specialized grower packaging. Plants are shipped on specific days depending on your location to reduce days in transit, and are delivered by UPS to your door.

These trees start shipping in March and continue through November. Unfortunately at this time we cannot ship into ID,MT,OR.

About Bower & Branch:

Founded 30 years ago by the Eaton family on their 175-acre farm in Pennsylvania, Bower & Branch is now a group of growers and independents who share a common passion for trees and the people who plant them. Bower & Branch is devoted to helping homeowners make better decisions when it comes to choosing, planting, and caring for their trees and plants.

The growers at Bower & Branch understand the fundamental values of patient growing practices, delivering trees in their prime, and ultimately taking the best care of trees so that they have the best start after leaving the nursery.

Bower & Branch is proud to grow Audubon® Native Plants for Birds in partnership with the National Audubon Society to help birds and other wildlife thrive. The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.

Audubon® is a licensed and registered trademark of the National Audubon Society. All rights reserved.

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