Magnolia: The name refers to the French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715). He was director of the botanical garden in Montpellier.

Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs in parks, gardens and in the landscape with a great design effect. With its attractive flowers, it is the most conspicuous ornamental shrub from medium-sized trees to shrub-like shrubs in the large plant genus with around 200 species. Magnolias are native to two large areas in East Asia and North America.

In terms of evolutionary history, it is the origin of the angiosperms and thus the ancestor of our flowering plants. The leaves are large, simple, of medium length, elongated oval, leaf buds hairy.

The flowers are bisexual white-pink, often star-shaped or tulip-like and often only bloom after five years.

The fruits are red or pink-red, the seed capsules are free, shiny red seeds after opening.