Magnolia 'Tropicana'
This plant was purchased as an unnamed hybrid from Eisenhut nurseries in Switzerland in 2000/1 and planted out in 2003. It was first seen in flower in late April 2011 but had probably flowered before this. There are two seedlings already registered from this same cross; ‘Peachy’ and ‘Flamingo’. The former also grows at Caerhays and has flowered since 2009. Both are quite different in colour to ‘Tropicana’. The mixture of colours and the changes in the colours of the flower between first opening and falling are easier to describe in photographs than in words. It is nevertheless a most unusual magnolia in flower.
Tekst C. Williams Caerhays