Magnolia figo 'Port Wine' David Geiger Full sun and soil that

Full sun and soil that drains freely yet holds a little moisture suit the plant best

site where they can be enjoyed

The tree prefers moist yet well-drained sandy soils

growing wild in acidic wetlands and damp pine woods from Virginia south through Florida and west to Louisiana

The epithet populifolia simply means poplar-leaved

Magnolia figo 'Port Wine' David Geiger Full sun and soil thatMagnolia figo, the banana shrub, is one of those old Southern garden treasures that scent a whole spring evening, and 'Port Wine' is a fine, deep colored form. Long grown under the name Michelia figo and only lately folded into the genus Magnolia, the plant makes a large, dense, lustrous evergreen shrub or small tree, handsome in leaf all year but grown, above all, for the perfume. The flowers give the shrub its common name. Small, cupped, and creamy