Magnolia 'Peter Dummer'
Selected and named in 2003 by Jim Gardiner (Curator, RHS Wisely, Woking,UK) from seedlings raised by Peter Dummer and donated to the RHS,Wisley in about 1990. First observed in 1992, and flowered in 1998 at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Wisley, UK. The parentage of this hybrid is believed to be M. campbeliii 'Darjeehng' x M. 'Pegasus'. At 14 years of age the tree is described as deciduous with a height of 21ft (6. 5m) tall and 16ft (5m) wide. Leaves are finely pubescent on the midrib, and secondary veins only, leafblade elliptic to obovate, to 8. 6in (22cm) long by 3. 5in (9cm) wide; petiole to 1. 5in (4cm). Flowers are precocious (late March in southern England), fragrant (slightly medicinal — of Germolene), tulip-shaped, to 4in (10cm) long x 3in (Bcm)wide; tepals nine to 12, broadly spathulate to oblongovate to 3— 4i n (8- 10cm) long by 1.4 —2i n (3.5 — 5 .5 cm) wide, inner surface creamy-white (RHS 159D), outer surface overlaid with deep reddish pink (RHS 61B-C) giving an overall impression of dark pink (RHS 63B) at the base to paler pink (RHS 65A) at the apex but with a darker midrib; inner whorl of three to four, claw at base to 0. 2in (5mm); outer whorl of six to eight, not clawed; stamens numerous,0. 8 x 0. 08in (20 x 2mm), filaments and anther connectives dark reddish pink (RHS 63A); gynoecium 30mm long; styles dark reddish pink (RHS 63A); pedicel 10-12mm, green with villous pubescence; perules two,greenish brown with yellowish villous pubescence.The plant is believed to be hardy to -15C (5 F)