Magnolia grandiflora

Origin: Southeastern United States

Family: Magnoliaceae

English name: Bull bay

French name: Magnolia à grandes fleurs

Italian name: Magnolia

Spanish name: Magnolia

Description

This is a large, rounded evergreen shrub or tree with glossy, dark green, leathery leaves, often rust-brown underneath, and highly fragrant, cup-shaped flowers in late summer and autumn.