Magnolia grandiflora 'DD Blanchard'		Evergreen Magnolia - D D Blanchard

The cooling shade generated by the D.D. Blanchard Magnolia trees offer relief from the humid sultry Summer climate. You can find the D.D. Blanchard Magnolia trees are salt water tolerant and thrive near the sandy beach as the famous Sea Island, GA. resort as landscape specimens planted near Island cottages and the Hotel. The city of Savannah, Georgia is famous for magnolia trees that shade the antebellum mansions that populate this Southern charming tourist destination.Regarded as landscape giant the DD Blanchard Magnolia trees are less dense and looser in shape than other magnolias and grow into heights of 100 feet behemoths. The magnolia seed form shortly after flowering and are brilliant shiny red in color. The flowers of the D.D. Blanchard Magnolia tree are creamy white, and begin flowering in late Spring and rebloom during the Summer. The D.D. Blanchard Magnolia tree is cold hardy, thriving in zones 6-10 with a pyramidal shape, and the brilliant bronze-orange underside of the leaves contrast with the darkest waxy green leaves on the upside.