Magnolia 'Butterflies' Habit_Espalier Alongside the plant's colourful bracts

Alongside the plant's colourful bracts

Crabapples are naturally high in pectin

deeply dissected purple foliage that takes on attractive red shades come autumn

Leafy bracts form directly beneath the flowerhead and foliage is often finely dissected

Flaming Spring Green is a part of division 8

Magnolia 'Butterflies' Habit_Espalier Alongside the plant's colourful bractsButterflies are one of the most elegant, graceful animals, and this magnolia variety is certainly worthy of that moniker! Producing abundant butter yellow flowers at the start of spring, 'Butterflies' adds a welcome injection of fresh colour wherever it's planted. Boasting delicately fragrant flowers and growing to a height of six metres or so, this impressive variety will look beautiful planted as a feature tree at the heart of a lawn or in a