Can you name this flowering tree?
by Kat Tellez
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Saw this in front of a local apartment complex and would love to know what it is.It is about 5 or 6 feet tall with large purple and white flowers. Anyone know?
mystery flowering tree
21 answers
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can you post a better close up of the flower?
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KMS Woodworks
on Mar 02, 2013
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It might be a purple hyacinth bean vine/tree. But yes a closs up would be better to see
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Donna D
on Mar 02, 2013
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picture is not in focus enough to see details of the flowers, there are even some magnolia trees with blossoms like these
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Rose Fisher
on Mar 02, 2013
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Its blurry but my immediate thought was magnolia.
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Nadia@LoveLiveandGarden
on Mar 02, 2013
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It looks like a "little girl" magnolia, but it's hard to tell from the picture.
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Michelle Eliker
on Mar 02, 2013
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Kind of looks, from what I can tell in the picture, like what is called a Tulip Tree around here, but is actually a Japanese Magnolia (http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/giam/plants_and_grasses/trees/japanese_mag.html). They start blooming Feb-March, then after that in April-May they get their leaves. I have one in front of my house, but can't find the pictures I took of it at it's different stages.
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Eq4bits
on Mar 02, 2013
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Looks like a northern magnolia or "tulip tree". Picture is a little blurry.
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N. Susan Hart
on Mar 02, 2013
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I think you're spot on. Thanks so much!
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Kat Tellez
on Mar 03, 2013
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I have no idea what this is, but Japanese Magnolias have bright rose colored blooms, not purple, and Japanese Magnolias do not have these gnarled limbs like this one has. So I have to say....????? Get a better photo of the blooms.
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Jeanette S
on Mar 03, 2013
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I've never seen a magnolia that color.
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Douglas Hunt
on Mar 03, 2013
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a magnolia. They bloom super early in spring. Not quite time in Idaho, but soon enough.
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Jenny@birdsandsoap
on Mar 03, 2013
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Jeanette, I beg to differ about the color: http://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+magnolia&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hF8zUdPfJ4L-qwHZsoDwDg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1205&bih=853 then click 'images' link at top. As you can see most of those pictured are purplish to pink color.
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Eq4bits
on Mar 03, 2013
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I googled them and they look exactly the same. Thx Eq4bits!
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Kat Tellez
on Mar 03, 2013
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Japanese Magnolia.
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Pam
on Mar 03, 2013
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The picture does really make it look more purple than pink....
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Sow and Dipity
on Mar 03, 2013
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It looks like a Magnolia "bush" instead of the Magnolia tree.
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Judith Wolff
on Mar 03, 2013
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Perhaps we will get the purple ones in nurseries in Atlanta...interesting...will be watching for purple ones.
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Jeanette S
on Mar 04, 2013
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looks like a Jacaranda,white purple lavender tree or a Texas Laurel tree
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Shirley Vanderau
on Jan 11, 2014
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I agree with Shirley it looks like a Jacaranda
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Wglindner
on Oct 29, 2014
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Did you think about taking a cutting and ask a garden shop?
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Sandra
on Jun 02, 2016
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Yes a magnolia bush has purplish/pink flowers.
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Judith Wolff
on Jun 02, 2016
KMS Woodworks
on Mar 02, 2013
Donna D
on Mar 02, 2013
Rose Fisher
on Mar 02, 2013
Nadia@LoveLiveandGarden
on Mar 02, 2013
Michelle Eliker
on Mar 02, 2013
Eq4bits
on Mar 02, 2013
N. Susan Hart
on Mar 02, 2013
Kat Tellez
on Mar 03, 2013
Jeanette S
on Mar 03, 2013
Douglas Hunt
on Mar 03, 2013
Jenny@birdsandsoap
on Mar 03, 2013
Pam
on Mar 03, 2013
Sow and Dipity
on Mar 03, 2013
Shirley Vanderau
on Jan 11, 2014
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