Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’

A broadleaf evergreen tree that is noted for its attractive dark green leaves and its large, extremely fragrant flowers. It typically grows to 60-80′ tall with a pyramidal to rounded crown. This is a magnificent tree of the South. Leathery evergreen ovate to elliptic leaves (to 10″ long) are glossy dark green above and variable pale green to gray-brown beneath. Fragrant white flowers (to 8-12? diameter) usually have six petals. Flowers bloom in late spring, with sparse continued flowering throughout the summer. Flowers give way to spherical cone-like fruiting clusters (to 3-5? long) that mature in late summer to early fall, releasing individual rose-red coated seeds suspended on slender threads at maturity.  (Courtesy of Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant Finder)