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Sundance Magnolia
Magnolia ‘Sundance’
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 150Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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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.
Sundance Magnolia - Magnolia ‘Sundance’
Yellow is the rarest colour in the deciduous magnolias, and Magnolia ‘Sundance’ carries it in large upright goblet blooms that open on bare wood in early to mid spring. The yellow flowered magnolias descend from the North American cucumber tree and flower a fortnight or more later than the old pink saucer types, which usually carries the buds past the worst of the late frost damage that ruins a spring display in cooler districts. It is chosen where a garden needs one clean sculptural deciduous tree: a flowering event in spring, light shade in summer and full sun through the windows once the leaves drop.
Why Sundance Magnolia
Bloom Colour: Clear primrose to butter yellow, softening as each flower ages, held upright rather than nodding.
Later Timing: Opens after the early pink magnolias have finished, so the buds are far less often browned by a late cold snap.
Branch Structure: Naturally upright with well spaced tiers, so the bare winter frame is worth looking at in its own right.
Seasonal Balance: Full leaf cover through the hot months and a completely open canopy in winter, which suits a north facing living area.
Root Behaviour: Magnolia roots are fleshy and shallow, so the surface above them stays undisturbed and is mulched rather than dug or cultivated.
Ideal Applications
Front Garden Feature: A single tree centred in lawn or gravel gives the whole frontage its spring moment without dominating the block.
Courtyard Shade: The modest canopy suits a paved courtyard where a large evergreen would make the space permanently dark.
Winter Sun Planting: Placed off the northern side of a house it shades glass in summer and lets low winter sun straight through.
Cool Climate Border: Underplant with hellebores, bulbs and ferns that work through winter and go quiet as the magnolia leafs up.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not a screening plant. Grouped as a grove, 4 to 5m apart.
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m between trees, and at least 3m clear of a wall.
Best Planting Season: Autumn, winter or very early spring while the tree is dormant or just breaking.
Soil & Drainage: Deep friable soil, slightly acidic to neutral, moisture retentive but free draining. Compacted clay and limey soils cause chlorosis and stunting.
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice a week through the first two summers, tapering to a fortnightly soak once new growth is strong. Mulch 75 to 100mm deep out to the dripline and keep it clear of the trunk, and never cultivate over the root zone.
Plant Details
Height: 5 to 8m
Width: 3 to 5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to light afternoon shade, sheltered from hot drying wind
Native to: Garden raised hybrid; parent species from China and eastern North America
Flower Colour: Primrose to butter yellow
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.







