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Waterlily Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata ‘Waterlily’
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.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 500mm about 2.5 to 3.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm to 1.2m 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
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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.
Waterlily Star Magnolia - Magnolia stellata ‘Waterlily’
Star magnolias flower on bare wood in the last weeks of winter, before almost anything else in a cool climate garden has moved. ‘Waterlily’ is the selection grown for the fullest bloom in the group: Magnolia stellata ‘Waterlily’ carries around thirty narrow tepals per flower rather than the dozen or so of the plain species, opening pure white from pink flushed buds with a light sweet fragrance. It stays a large shrub or small multi-stemmed tree, which makes it usable close to a house where the bigger deciduous magnolias are not.
Why Waterlily Star Magnolia
Bloom Density: The extra tepal count gives a fuller, rounder flower and a heavier overall display than standard star magnolia forms.
Early Season: Flowers open in late winter to very early spring on bare branches, well ahead of the garden's main flush.
Modest Mature Size: It settles at around 3 to 4m, so it can sit near a wall, a path or a courtyard without outgrowing the space.
Winter Structure: The dense twiggy framework and grey, felted flower buds hold visual interest right through the leafless months.
Fragrance: A soft sweet scent that carries in still morning air, worth placing near a doorway or seating area.
Ideal Applications
Courtyard Feature: A single specimen against a rendered or dark wall shows the white flowers at their best.
Entry and Front Garden: Its restrained size and early flowering give a strong seasonal marker at the front of a house.
Woodland Edge Planting: Underplanted with hellebores, snowdrops and ferns in a cool climate mixed border.
Large Containers: The slow growth rate and compact root system suit a substantial pot on a sheltered terrace.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m for an informal flowering row
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3.5 to 4m so the crown develops evenly
Best Planting Season: Late autumn through winter while dormant, or early spring in the coldest districts
Soil & Drainage: Deep, moist, humus rich and slightly acidic, pH 5.5 to 6.5, with free drainage; it resents dry alkaline soils and waterlogging equally
Establishment Care: Water deeply once or twice a week through the first two summers and maintain a 75mm organic mulch, as the roots are shallow and fleshy. Never dig or cultivate under the canopy, and site the plant away from frost hollows and hot westerly exposure so late frosts and drying wind do not brown the open flowers.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 4m
Width: 2.5 to 3.5m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to part shade, with shelter from hot afternoon sun in warmer inland districts
Native to: Japan (parent species)
Flower Colour: White, opening from pink flushed buds
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.
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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
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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.







