Sweetbay Magnolia – Magnolia virginiana | Fragrant Bayou Healing Tree

The Fragrant Magnolia of the Louisiana Wetlands

Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) is the magnolia of the bayou — smaller and more graceful than its grand Southern cousin, with creamy white, lemon-scented blooms that perfume the air from late spring through summer. It thrives in the wet, acidic soils of Louisiana’s swamp edges and rain gardens. Long noted in Cajun traiteur and folk botanical traditions, it carries deep roots in the botanical heritage of the Louisiana bayou. Its silvery-backed leaves shimmer in the breeze, and its red berries feed songbirds in fall.

• Light: Full sun to part shade
• Evergreen: Semi-evergreen
• Maintenance: Low

Fragrant, beautiful, and rooted in the living botanical tradition of the Louisiana bayou.

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