Magnolia x ‘Serendipity’

‘Serendipity’ is a new and improved Banana Shrub with larger flowers and a much heavier bloom than the original species. You’ll definitely see the flowers on this one! We also hear that ‘Serendipity’ might be even more cold-hardy. For 3 to 4 weeks in spring the abundant, fragrant, creamy-white flowers come all at once aging to butter-yellow and smelling like a banana popsicle, hence the common name. Growing upwards of 15 feet in height, this one naturally forms a large and rounded evergreen shrub, or lower branches can be removed to form a very attractive small tree. The oblong, glossy, evergreen, green leaves are attractive year-round and serve as the perfect backdrop to the numerous flowers.