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Magnolia 'Black Beauty'® 19cm

Name: Magnolia 'Black Beauty'® 19cm
Brand: Greenleaf Garden Center
SKU: MagnBlackBeauty19cm
Price: 30.0 EUR
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Deciduous flowering tree · Magnoliaceae · upright, columnar and compact

Magnolia × brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’

Family: Magnoliaceae · Pot: 19 cm · Height: approx. 60 cm

Purple outside
White inside
Brooklyn hybrid
Small tree

Magnolia × brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ opens near-black purple buds into flowers with a deeply dark exterior and luminous cream-white interior. The contrast is clean, graphic and highly atmospheric, especially in oblique evening light. An upright relatively compact crown keeps flowers concentrated, allowing this rare bicolour effect to dominate. Each opening stage resembles a different graphic composition.

This is a magnolia for a designed garden rather than a random corner: near a pale wall or among quiet greens it becomes a dark spring jewel. Its smaller mature scale makes it especially attractive for courtyards where a large magnolia would be impossible.

What makes it distinctive

‘Black Beauty’ is distinguished by dark outer face and two further characters specific to this exact selection.

Dark outer face

Dense purple pigment on the outside makes a closed bud appear almost black.

White reveal

The interior remains pale and appears only as the flower opens, producing strong contrast.

Urban scale

Its upright crown generally matures at 2.5–4 m, far more usable than large magnolia species.

Why you will love it: it combines botanic-garden history with one of spring's boldest bicolour contrasts.

In the garden & on the balconyPlacement & plant pairingsExact position, mature scale and three botanically compatible companions.

Planting position

Best position

Use as a small jewel tree against a pale single-colour background, near a path but outside a frost pocket, with roughly four metres of clear width for the mature crown.

Colour & compatibility

Compatible planting

Pair with Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’, Fothergilla gardenii and Galanthus nivalis to repeat dark, white and early-spring elements across three layers.

Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ — adds linear texture and movement without hiding the plant’s characteristic mature outline.
Fothergilla gardenii — extends the composition with a different flowering season and compatible light, position and soil moisture.
Galanthus nivalis — adds low seasonal flowers before or between the plant’s main periods of interest.

Care at a glance

Light

Sun to bright partial shade, sheltered from drying easterly wind. Morning light and a calm microclimate help the flowers open cleanly.

Water

Water deeply during establishment and prolonged summer drought. Roots appreciate even moisture but not heavy, permanently saturated ground.

Climate & hardiness

Woody growth is hardy, although open flowers may be damaged by late frost. A site away from frost pockets protects the display.

Safety

An ornamental tree, not a food product. Do not use bark, flowers or leaves for consumption without specialist botanical identification.

Detailed careComplete care guideSoil, feeding, pruning and winter management.

Light

Sun to bright partial shade, sheltered from drying easterly wind. Morning light and a calm microclimate help the flowers open cleanly.

Water

Water deeply during establishment and prolonged summer drought. Roots appreciate even moisture but not heavy, permanently saturated ground.

Soil & drainage

Provide deep, fertile, organic, freely drained soil, preferably slightly acid to neutral. Avoid compaction and digging over the fleshy surface roots.

Feeding

Apply compost around the crown and a restrained feed in early spring. Excess nitrogen favours extension at the expense of wood ripening and flower buds.

Pruning

Prune only when necessary, just after flowering: remove dead, crossing or weak branches. Large cuts heal slowly and distort the natural habit.

Winter

Leaf fall is normal. Keep roots buffered with organic mulch and protect only young potted plants from prolonged deep freezing.

Development over timeFrom young plant to mature presenceEstablishment, specific architecture and the plant's real mature garden volume.

Initial establishment

In its first years the magnolia invests more in roots and a few sound axes than in rapid bulk. An undisturbed root zone and deep watering during drought build its framework securely.

Building its form

A young grafted plant holds a tight columnar line. With maturity, lower limbs gain length, short flowering buds fill the crown and the outline becomes broader while remaining distinctly upright.

Mature expression

At maturity it forms a compact upright crown that gradually rounds, 2.5–4 m high and 2.5–4 m wide.

Mature habit & dimensions

Long-term maturity

Height 2.5–4 mSpread 2.5–4 mupright, columnar and compact

A deciduous Magnolia with a rounded and spreading crown, a clear branch framework and flowers distributed along the main limbs.

Form through time

Seasonal cycle

DeciduousTree habitFlowers before or with the leaves

SpringFlowers open on the bare or just-leafing branch framework.

Summer–autumnAfter flowering, the full leafy crown develops before natural leaf fall.

In winter the clean branch framework remains; leaflessness is a natural part of the cycle.

History & originCultivar originA descendant of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's historic Magnolia × brooklynensis programme.

‘Black Beauty’ is connected to one of the most important American magnolia programmes of the twentieth century. From 1953 to 1991 Brooklyn Botanic Garden worked at its Kitchawan Research Center in Ossining, New York, on crosses between North American Magnolia acuminata and strongly coloured Asian magnolias.

The resulting lineage was named Magnolia × brooklynensis, combining the hardiness and tree habit of the former with purple-red pigment from M. liliiflora. Selection #204, with an exceptionally dark exterior and white interior, appeared commercially as ‘Black Beauty’ in the Fairweather Gardens catalogue in spring 2001.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden noted that the name remained unregistered in 2017 although already established in commerce. The RHS now accepts Magnolia × brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’. That identity matters: it is a deciduous small tree flowering in spring, not an evergreen scented shrub blooming continuously through summer.

Greenleaf for Plant NerdsScientific details nobody asked forMechanisms, anatomy, physiology and taxonomic boundaries behind the plant's behaviour.

Lineage-specific colour

M. acuminata does not supply the dark anthocyanin palette; that comes from the Asian M. liliiflora lineage. The hybrid selection retains pigment chiefly in the outer tepal epidermis.

Spiral floral axis

Numerous stamens and carpels are arranged spirally on an elongated receptacle, an ancestral feature of Magnoliaceae. After fertilisation the same axis elongates into a compound cone-like fruit.

Frequently asked questions

Six precise answers for ‘Black Beauty’, from its present scale to mature behaviour.

01What does the present size of ‘Black Beauty’ mean?

The listed approx. 60 cm is its height on arrival. Long-term placement must allow for a mature scale of 2.5–4 m by 2.5–4 m rather than today's young outline.

02Where will ‘Black Beauty’ perform best?

Use as a small jewel tree against a pale single-colour background, near a path but outside a frost pocket, with roughly four metres of clear width for the mature crown.

03How do I know when ‘Black Beauty’ needs water?

Water deeply during establishment and prolonged summer drought. Roots appreciate even moisture but not heavy, permanently saturated ground.

04When should I prune ‘Black Beauty’?

Prune only when necessary, just after flowering: remove dead, crossing or weak branches. Large cuts heal slowly and distort the natural habit.

05Is it genuinely evergreen?

No. It is a deciduous magnolia and naturally loses every leaf in autumn. Flowers appear on the bare woody framework in spring.

06Does it flower from spring to autumn?

No. Its principal flowering is in spring; older commercial descriptions claiming a continuous season do not match the plant's botanical identity.

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Magnolia 'Black Beauty'® 19cm

Magnolia 'Black Beauty'® 19cm

Magnolia × brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’

What makes it distinctive

Dark outer face

White reveal

Urban scale

Best position

Compatible planting

Care at a glance

Light

Water

Climate & hardiness

Safety

Light

Water

Soil & drainage

Feeding

Pruning

Winter

Initial establishment

Building its form

Mature expression

Mature habit & dimensions

Form through time

Lineage-specific colour

Spiral floral axis

Frequently asked questions

Magnolia 'Black Beauty'® 19cm — Care & Tips

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