Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5b-10a Find Your Zone >

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Tree

Height at Maturity: 30-40′

Width at Maturity: 15-20′

Suggested Spacing: 12-15′ feet apart for solid screens; 25′ or more apart for space between trees

Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Upright, Pyramidal

Flower Color: White

Flower Size: Large, 8″

Flowering Period: Late Spring through Summer

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: Yes – extremely fragrant!

Foliage Color: Dark Green, Copper-Brown undersides

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, Low when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 4.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ is a big improvement on the native Southern Magnolia. This evergreen grows to 30 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide and is noted for its dense, pyramidal form. the thick, leathery, evergreen, glossy dark green leaves with copper-brown undersides and its large, fragrant, cup-shaped white flowers up to 8 inches in diameter bloom in late spring, with sparse continued flowering throughout the summer months. Birds love the attractive red fruits that develop in cone shaped clusters late in the season. Handles temperatures as cold as -20°F.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing upright to 30-40 feet tall and 15-20 feet wide, Brackens Brown Magnolia is ideal for use in evergreen privacy screen plantings, as a focal point specimen, to frame in the corners of tall homes or other structures, or as espalier (trained to grow against a wall) on tall, open walls. A fine addition to fragrance, bird and wildlife gardens, cut flower gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 12 to 15 feet apart for solid screens; 25 feet or more apart for space between trees

See: Privacy Screen Planting Tips & Instructions

Growing Preferences

Brackens Brown Magnolia is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil or average or better fertility and full sun or part shade. At least 4 hours of direct sunlight or all-day filtered sun is suggested.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, prune, feed and water Southern Magnolia trees.

How To Plant & Care For Southern Magnolia Trees

Privacy Screen Design Planting Tips & Instructions

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This is the second magnolia that I have bought from Wilson Bros. Very happy with the plant. Thank you..—————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG