Red Michelia Fuscata

in 4" pot Live Plant

1 Gallon Live Plant

Red Michelia Fuscata

The Banana Shrub or Port Wine Magnolia' (Michelia figo) is an evergreen tree growing to 3-4 m tall. It is native to China,Asia.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers. The leaves are leathery, dark glossy-green, to 10 cm long. The flowers are cream-white, purple rounded or light-purple; strongly scented. This plant is used in Shanghai, China, as a tall evergreen hedge. It makes a large evergreen compact tree. It grows in acid and alkaline soil very well

Initially described as by Portuguese missionary . it was reclassified as Michelia figo by German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. In 2006, a cladistic analysis of the genus Michelia found them to lie within the genus Magnolia.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers. The leaves are leathery, dark glossy-green, to 10 cm long.

The flowers are purple rounded or light-purple; strongly scented. It grows to a large evergreen compact tree. It grows in acid and alkaline soil very well. Susceptible to black soot.