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TEDDY BEAR^®

See Magnolia grandiflora ‘Southern Charm’.

'Theodora'

Flowers precocious, goblet-shaped, dark purple-pink outside, paler inside. A floriferous small tree selected before 2018 by Maurice Foster, Kent, and named for his granddaughter (Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery 2022; Millais Nurseries 2022).

Magnolia 'Theodora' in flower at Cherry Tree Arboretum, Shropshire, UK. 27 March 2023.

Magnolia 'Theodora' in flower at Cherry Tree Arboretum, Shropshire, UK. 27 March 2023. Image Tom Christian.

Magnolia 'Theodora' in flower at Cherry Tree Arboretum, Shropshire, UK. 27 March 2023.

'Thomas Messel'

Flowers precocious, rather floppy, the outer tepals reflexing before the inner ones; tepals 10–12, white stained rich pink at the base outside. A small tree raised in the 1960s at Nymans, W Sussex, where the original measured 13 m × 220 cm in 2016 (The Tree Register 2022). Leaf shape and proximity of a specimen of M. campbellii suggest that this was the pollen parent.

'Tikitere'

Flowers precocious, bowl-shaped, opening out to 30 cm across, mid-pink outside, paler inside, from dark buds (the contrast between buds and open flowers is striking – Williams 2019). A vigorous and robust, wind-tolerant small tree, flowering well from a young age; selected by Ian Baldick, New Zealand, before 2018 (Magnolia Grove 2022; Piet Vergeldt Boomkwekerij 2022).

New Zealand bred Magnolia 'Tikitere' (7th April 2019). Image Caerhays Estate.

The open flowers of Magnolia 'Tikitere' are strikingly pale (12th April 2020). Image Caerhays Estate.

Magnolia 'Tikitere': dark buds (27th April 2018). Image Caerhays Estate.

Magnolia 'Tikitere': buds and open flowers contrast well (24th April 2021). Image Caerhays Estate.

'Tina Durio'

Flowers precocious, cup-and-saucer-shaped to 30 cm across, reminiscent of those of M. campbellii; tepals 9–12, broad, white with a hint of pink at the base. A spectacular small tree, a Gresham hybrid selected before 1984 by Ken Durio, LA, and named for his daughter (Fogg & Del Tredici 1984). Highly rated by Philippe de Spoelberch, Belgium (pers. comm. 2021).

Magnolia 'Tina Durio' has very large flowers (14th April 2015). Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

Magnolia 'Tina Durio' putting on a spectacular show (14th April 2015). Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

'TMGH'

See Magnolia grandiflora ‘TMGH’.

'Todd Gresham'

Flowers precocious, opening to 25 cm across; tepals 9, broad, pinkish-lavender outside, white inside; stamens and gynoecium reddish; one of the few ‘Greshams’ to produce a reliable crop of red fruits. A Gresham hybrid selected before 1984 by Ken Durio, LA, and named for its raiser (see Magnolia Gresham hybrids) (Fogg & Del Tredici 1984).

Magnolia 'Todd Gresham' (Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères, Nantes, France; 4th May 2011). Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

'Tor'

See Magnolia × gotoburgensis ‘Tor’.

'Touch of Class'

See Magnolia × soulangeana ‘Touch of Class’.

'Tranquility'

Flowers just before or with the young leaves, opening out to 20 cm across; tepals broad, pale yellow, with slight pink flush at the base or pink central streak inside. Leaves wavy-edged, to 15 cm long. A small, rounded tree raised by August Kehr before 2000, named for his street Tranquility Place in Hendersonville, NC.

Magnolia 'Tranquility': newly opened flowers (1st May 2012). Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

Magnolia 'Tranquility': older flowers, the yellow fading, but showing the pink streak (22nd April 2018). Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

'Treve Holman'

Flowers precocious (late March to April in S England), cup-and-saucer-shaped to 30 cm across, deep rose-pink outside, paler inside. A vigorous medium tree, upright with strong horizontal branches. A Caerhays seedling grown on by Treseder’s Nurseries, Cornwall and acquired by Nigel Holman, Chyverton, Cornwall in 1964 and later named for his father. The original measured 18 m × 146 cm in 2016 (The Tree Register 2022).

Magnolia 'Treve Holman': the inner tepal surfaces are pale pink (26th March 2021). Image Caerhays Estate.

Magnolia 'Treve Holman': the outer tepal surfaces are much darker pink (25th March 2013). Image Caerhays Estate.

A well-formed specimen of Magnolia 'Treve Holman' (Batsford Arboretum, Gloucestershire, UK; 4 April 2023). Image Julian Sutton.

'Triumphans'

See Magnolia × soulangeana ‘Triumphans’.

'Tropicana'

Flowers just before or with the leaves (typically April in Cornwall); tepals yellow to green outside, flushed pink especially inside, a striking multicoloured effect. Spreading habit, height about 4 m in 13 years. Selected at Caerhays Castle, Cornwall before 2014 from hand-pollinated American seed acquired through Magnolia Society International (Williams 2019). Winner of Best in Show Magnolia Cup at 2014 RHS Rhododendron, Camellia and Magnolia show at RHS Garden Rosemoor, and commercially distributed in Europe.

The multicoloured flowers of Magnolia 'Tropicana' (19th March 2019). Image Caerhays Estate.

Magnolia 'Tropicana' (8th April 2022). Image Caerhays Estate.

'Two Stones'

See Magnolia × loebneri ‘Two Stones’.