Magnolia × gotoburgensis

This name covers all hybrids between Magnolia obovata and M. wilsonii, currently known from an experimental cross made by Tor Nitzelius at Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Sweden, in 1972 (Nitzelius 1992). Three seedlings were raised: two became the cultivars below, a third grows at the Chollipo Arboretum, S Korea. While two clones are upright trees and one is shrubby, they have the following features in common. The obovate leaves (tending towards M. obovata) are light green and glabrous above, whitish green and when young densely white-hairy beneath. Flowers are upward facing, tending towards M. obovata in general appearance, with white tepals and (resembling M. wilsonii) crimson filaments. Both named clones can be seen at Gothenburg Botanical Garden, and are in the European nursery trade.