Magnolia Stellata - Hybrids With Magnolia Stellata

Hybrids With Magnolia Stellata

• Magnolia × loebneri = Magnolia kobus × Magnolia stellata.

This hybrid was first obtained by Max Loebner of Pillnitz, Germany. Paul M. Kache designated the new hybrid in 1920, to honour Max Löbner. Numerous other varieties are produced by these parents as 'Leonard Messel' and 'Merrill'. The selection, 'Leonard Messel' was a chance hybrid that was developed at Messel's garden in Sussex, Nymans. Also on the market are white 'Ballerina' and the late-flowering white 'Merrill' that extend the loebneri season.

• Flowers of Magnolia × loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

• Pink-flowered plant of Magnolia × loebneri at Burcina Park, Biella, Italy

• Magnolia × proctoriana = Magnolia salicifolia × Magnolia stellata. The hybrids of these closely related species was first obtained in 1925 at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
• Magnolia liliiflora × Magnolia stellata, hybrid obtained at the U.S. National Arboretum by Francis DeVos and William Corsair. There are in the trade eight varieties with women's names, the "Eight Little Girls".