Other hardy magnolias that perform well in Midwest landscapes include white-flowered Merrill and Royal Star, fuchsia-pink Leonard Messel, red-purple Ann, and creamy-yellow Elizabeth. A magnolia's ...

How do you like my yellow magnolia? Yep, it was once a beautiful ‘Elizabeth’ yellow magnolia. Then came the hard, cold winter a few years ago and I think it knocked this magnolia back to its ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but magnolia experts say ‘Yellow Bird’ is “precocious” and tends to produce leaves too early, which obscures the flowers. The blooms of ‘Elizabeth ...

a yellow magnolia had rarely been seen. The creamy yellow flowers, which emerged later in spring, had an elegant shape.” The result, developed in the 1960s, is Elizabeth magnolia (M.

and cross it with Magnolia denudata from China, which produces large white scented flowers in February, and a star is born. 'Elizabeth' was the first of the yellow-flowered cultivars. Developed at ...