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Scented Pearl Magnolia (Espalier)
Michelia yunnanensis ‘Scented Pearl’
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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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Scented Pearl Magnolia (Espalier) - Michelia yunnanensis ‘Scented Pearl’
The michelias are the evergreen wing of the magnolia family, and Michelia yunnanensis is the small-leaved, compact one, notable for the velvety brown buds that sit like beads along the stems all winter before opening to fragrant white flowers in spring. Trained as an espalier, it becomes a flat, densely furnished panel that holds foliage all year and scents a courtyard for weeks each spring. It is a better wall plant than a deciduous magnolia because there is never a bare season.
Why Scented Pearl Magnolia
Velvet buds: Furred brown buds develop through autumn and winter and are ornamental in themselves.
Fragrance: Creamy white spring flowers carry a sweet, carrying perfume unusual in an evergreen wall plant.
Dense small leaf: Fine, glossy dark foliage knits tightly on a frame and takes clipping well.
Evergreen wall cover: Holds its screen through winter, unlike deciduous espaliers.
Shallow depth: The trained plant occupies only a few hundred millimetres, protecting usable ground space.
Ideal Applications
Boundary fence screening: Green cover along a fence line in a bed too narrow for a hedge.
Courtyard wall panels: Repeated espaliers give formal structure to a paved space.
Side passages: Delivers privacy and fragrance in a corridor between houses.
Above low hedging: Provides an upper green layer behind a clipped box or lilly pilly edge.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5 to 2m between espaliers for continuous cover
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5 to 3m for separate panels
Best Planting Season: Autumn or early spring
Soil & Drainage: Rich, slightly acidic, free-draining soil with good organic content. It dislikes both drought and waterlogging, so consistent moisture in a well-drained bed is the target.
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice weekly for the first two summers, especially where the plant sits against a hot wall that dries the soil. Mulch with composted bark, feed after flowering with a slow-release fertiliser suited to acid-loving plants, and tie in new growth as it extends across the frame.
Plant Details
Height: 2 to 3m as trained
Width: 1.5 to 2.5m across the frame
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to part shade; afternoon shade preferred inland
Native to: Yunnan province, south-western China
Flower Colour: Creamy white, fragrant, in spring
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.







