The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Golden Sun magnolia

Family: Magnoliaceae (magnolia family)

Distribution: hybrid: Leach hybrid

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: A deciduous tree with large, early spring, yellow flowers. An upright, spreading habit, to 16' tall in ten years. It is covered in mid-May with numerous, bright yellow 7" flowers over a long period. This is a hybrid from the late David Leach. A very floriferous, vigorous specimen tree.