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Phelan Bright Magnolia
Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’
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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Request photosGetting it in: this size needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
Looking for a larger size?
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.
Phelan Bright Magnolia - Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’
‘Phelan Bright’ belongs to the modern generation of deep coloured magnolias bred to hold saturated pink and red purple tones right through the flower rather than fading to washy pink as the bloom ages. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ produces tulip shaped flowers on bare wood in early spring, with the colour running strongest on the outer surface of the tepals. It is a compact deciduous tree, and colour intensity is noticeably better in cool districts than in warm ones.
Why Phelan Bright
Saturated Colour: Rich pink through to red purple tepals give one of the deeper tones available in a garden magnolia.
Tulip Shaped Bloom: Flowers hold an upright cupped form for days before opening out, extending the display.
Compact Frame: A restrained mature size makes it suitable for smaller gardens where classic soulangeana forms are too wide.
Bare Wood Impact: Early spring flowering ahead of the leaves concentrates the colour on the branch structure.
Cool Climate Response: Winter chill deepens the flower colour, so it rewards southern and highland gardens.
Ideal Applications
Small Garden Feature: Its compact habit allows a full magnolia display in a garden that cannot accommodate a spreading tree.
Colour Focal Point: Positioned against a pale rendered wall or dark evergreen backdrop, the deep tepals read strongly.
Front Garden Specimen: A single tree gives a definite seasonal marker at the street edge.
Cool Climate Planting: Best suited to Victoria, Tasmania, the Adelaide Hills and the New South Wales tablelands.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2.5 to 3m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 5m
Best Planting Season: Winter, while the tree is dormant and leafless.
Soil & Drainage: Deep, fertile, moisture retentive soil with free drainage, slightly acid to neutral. Avoid limestone soils, heavy compacted clay and any position where water gathers.
Establishment Care: Water regularly and deeply through the first three summers, since magnolias check badly from a single serious dry out. Apply a 75mm organic mulch across the whole root zone but clear of the trunk, and avoid digging or planting annuals within the root plate, which damages the surface roots the tree depends on.
Plant Details
Height: 4 to 6m
Width: 2.5 to 4m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to part shade, sheltered from hot wind
Native to: A garden hybrid. Its parent species come from China
Flower Colour: Deep pink through to red purple, strongest in cool districts
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.







