Magnolia virginiana (Dodd's small leaf) prophouse-winter-2028 That habit is the whole

That habit is the whole point in the garden

sculptural silhouette

and expect a fountain of foliage topped for months by flowers that sway on the least breeze

which is the real gift

keep the ground from drying out

Magnolia virginiana (Dodd's small leaf) prophouse-winter-2028 That habit is the wholeSweetbay magnolia is one of the loveliest and most useful of the native magnolias, a tree of moist and swampy ground across the eastern United States from Massachusetts to Texas. The northern plants, Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana, are shrubby and deciduous; the southern, var. australis, grow into larger, evergreen trees. All share the sweetbay's gifts: leaves silvery white beneath that flash in the wind, and creamy, intensely fragrant flowers