Magnolia virginiana var. pumila Medicinal a single branch sported yellow

a single branch sported yellow fruit rather than red

and let the low

thornless citrus grown as much for beauty as for fruit

though far more gently than a black walnut

whose decades of selection gave gardeners the banded

Magnolia virginiana var. pumila Medicinal a single branch sported yellowAmong the sweetbay magnolias there is a curious dwarf that most references overlook, though at Woodlanders we feel the plant deserves proper recognition. This form, Magnolia virginiana var. pumila, grows wild on the frequently burned pinelands of the southern Coastal Plain, and looks to be an adaptation to that fiery world: the plant stays small, begins flowering while very young and low, and spreads slowly by underground runners into a modest colony.