26+ Bracken's Brown Beauty Magnolia Pruning

Carewater regularly during first few growing seasons.

26+ Bracken's Brown Beauty Magnolia Pruning. Although 'bracken's brown beauty' is winter hardy to usda zone 5b, it is still probably best sited in a protected location in the st. Resistant current year twig color:

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Leaves dark green, with undulating margins, rusty brown indumentum. Lustrous, leathery foliage is rich, dark green above and cinnamon brown underneath. Flowers are about half the size of typical grandiflora.

Despite this cultivar's name, magnolia grandiflora 'bracken's brown beauty', its leaves are normally green.

Magnolia grandiflora 'bracken's brown beauty'. The brown in bracken's brown beauty southern magnolia comes from the undersides of its lustrous green leaves, which are coated with a soft, rusty brown fuzz. I have had good luck growing brackens brown beauty in a protected east exposure in illinois. Large specimen, mass planted as hedge or screen, lawn tree.