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Nursery Direct
Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia x soulangeana
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 75L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 110L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 500mm about 2.5 to 3.5m, 200L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level 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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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.
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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.
Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia x soulangeana
Few deciduous trees mark the end of a southern Australian winter as plainly as this one. Magnolia x soulangeana opens its goblet shaped blooms on bare grey wood in late winter and early spring, well before the first leaf appears, then settles into a broad, low branched canopy that behaves as much like a very large shrub as a tree. Designers reach for it instead of a flowering cherry when the display needs to be earlier in the season and far bigger in scale.
Why Saucer Magnolia
Flowers on bare wood: The blooms open against leafless branches, so nothing competes with them visually.
Manageable final size: It matures around 5 to 8m, which suits suburban blocks far better than most feature trees of comparable presence.
Layered branch structure: The tiered, spreading framework holds its own through winter as a sculptural form.
Cool climate reliability: It performs consistently across Victoria, Tasmania, the Adelaide Hills, the NSW tablelands and the Perth Hills.
Fleshy surface roots: The root system is shallow and brittle, so the tree resents digging nearby but rarely threatens paving or drains.
Ideal Applications
Lawn specimen: Planted alone in turf, the tiered canopy and spring flowering read clearly from a distance.
Courtyard anchor: Its modest spread lets it sit in a paved courtyard without overwhelming the space.
Deciduous shade: Summer canopy shades a north facing window, then drops away to let winter sun through.
Woodland border: Underplanted with hellebores, clivias or ferns, it forms the upper storey of a shaded spring bed.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3 to 4m in a grouped planting
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Autumn through to early spring, avoiding the peak of summer
Soil & Drainage: Deep, moisture retentive, slightly acidic to neutral soil with free drainage; it dislikes limey, compacted or waterlogged ground
Establishment Care: Water deeply once or twice a week through the first two summers rather than lightly and often, since the roots sit close to the surface and dry out fast. Mulch to about 75mm over the full root zone, keeping it clear of the trunk, and never cultivate or dig beneath the canopy.
Plant Details
Height: 5 to 8m
Width: 4 to 6m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun in cool districts, light afternoon shade in hot inland areas, with shelter from dry wind
Native to: Garden hybrid raised from two Chinese species, Magnolia denudata and Magnolia liliiflora
Flower Colour: White, flushed rose purple towards the base of each petal
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.







