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Pink Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia x soulangeana
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 500mmtypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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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.
Pink Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia x soulangeana
For a few weeks at the end of winter this tree covers itself in large goblet-shaped blooms on completely bare branches, pink or purple on the outside and white within. Magnolia x soulangeana is a deciduous hybrid of Chinese parentage that grows as a broad, low-branched small tree rather than a single-trunked upright, so it is planted for spread and presence at eye level. It remains the benchmark cool-season flowering tree for temperate Australian gardens because nothing else delivers flowers of that size before the leaves appear.
Why Saucer Magnolia
Bloom Scale: Individual flowers are 10 to 15cm across, carried on bare wood where nothing competes for attention.
Winter Timing: Flowers from late winter into early spring, ahead of almost every other ornamental tree.
Garden-Sized: It matures at a manageable 4 to 6m, so it suits a suburban block without shading the house.
Spreading Frame: The broad, low, often multi-stemmed structure is sculptural through the bare months.
Undemanding Once Set: Beyond mulch and water it needs almost no pruning, and pruning generally spoils the shape.
Ideal Applications
Front Garden Feature: A single tree on a lawn where the whole canopy of flowers can be seen at once.
Courtyard Tree: Its scale and non-aggressive roots suit paved and enclosed spaces.
Winter Focal Point: Positioned where it is visible from a main window, it carries the coldest weeks of the year.
Mixed Shrub Border: Sits above camellias, hellebores and hydrangeas that flower in complementary seasons.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not a screening plant. In a grouped planting allow 4 to 5m between trees.
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m, and at least 3m clear of walls and paths to allow for the spread.
Best Planting Season: Late autumn to winter while dormant, or immediately after flowering.
Soil & Drainage: Deep, moist, humus-rich, slightly acidic to neutral soil with good drainage. It resents both drought and waterlogging.
Establishment Care: Water deeply through the first three summers, because the fleshy surface roots dry out quickly. Mulch widely rather than digging or cultivating beneath the canopy, since those roots sit just below the surface and are easily damaged, and choose a position sheltered from strong wind so the large petals are not bruised.
Plant Details
Height: 4 to 6m
Width: 3 to 5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to part shade, sheltered from strong wind
Native to: Garden hybrid of Chinese parent species
Flower Colour: Pink to rose purple outside, white to blush inside
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.







