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Cameo Magnolia
Magnolia ‘Cameo’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Cameo Magnolia - Magnolia 'Cameo'
'Cameo' is a compact deciduous Magnolia from the New Zealand breeding programmes, opening rounded, goblet shaped flowers in creamy white washed with pale pink on bare wood in late winter and early spring, before the leaves appear. Its value in a small garden is the combination of a full sized magnolia flower on a frame that stops at 3 to 4m, which the older soulangeana hybrids will not do. Treat it as a sculptural plant: the branch structure is part of the display for half the year.
Why Cameo Magnolia
Flowers on bare wood: The late winter display is uninterrupted by foliage, which is what gives magnolia its impact at that time of year.
Small garden scale: A mature height of 3 to 4m suits courtyards and front gardens where a larger magnolia would dominate.
Slow and structural: Slow growth produces a well spaced, sculptural branch framework worth looking at through winter.
Deciduous seasonality: It shades in summer and admits winter sun, which makes it useful on the northern side of a house.
Cool climate performance: It flowers reliably in Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Tasmania and the tablelands where warm climate trees struggle.
Ideal Applications
Courtyard specimen: Planted as the single tree in a paved courtyard, where its winter branch structure is on show at close range.
Lawn feature: Set in open lawn so the flowering canopy is read against sky and the fallen petals are easily cleared.
Underplanted garden bed: Sited above hellebores, bulbs and clivias that flower at the same time in the cool months.
Front entry statement: Positioned to be seen from the street or the front window, where a short flowering season still earns its keep.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 5m
Best Planting Season: Autumn to early spring
Soil & Drainage: Moist, well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic soil; avoid waterlogged or highly alkaline conditions
Establishment Care: Water deeply and regularly for the first two years until established, mulching around the root zone to retain moisture and suppress weeds. Avoid disturbing the shallow root system and protect from harsh afternoon sun in hot inland climates.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 4m
Width: 2 to 3m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: Hybrid (garden origin, bred in New Zealand)
Flower Colour: Creamy white to pale pink
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







