| Other Name(s): |
Notable cultivars - Maryland; Freeman |
| Category: |
Large shrub/small tree |
| Class: |
Perennial |
| Bark: |
Smooth gray bark |
| Form: |
Pyramidal habit |
| Bloom Color: |
Creamy-white |
| Bloom Season: |
Late spring and sporadically throughout the summer until the first frost |
| Fruit: |
None |
| Fragrance: |
Flowers that have a strong lemon scent. |
| Foliage: |
Leaves are evergreen, glossy and dark green on the upper surface, and chalky white or pale on the underside, but lack the distinctive rusty-brown indumentum (fuzzy underside) |
| Height: |
Hybrids generally remain smaller than pure M. grandiflora, growing as a large shrub or small tree |
| Hardiness: |
Zones 5 to 7 |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun to partial shade |
| Propagation: |
Southeastern United States |
| Photographer: |
William Khoury |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
(32.48818646°N, -83.92462314°W) |
| Bed(s): |
TREES - 1 Plant; |