Magnolia sprengeri ‘Eric Savill’ - originating from Savill Gardens, Windsor, England. Botany Photo of the Day (above), UBC Botanical Garden: ”In science, beauty. In beauty, science. Daily.” In 1958 the cultivar was initially planted at the Savill Garden as Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva,’ but after the first flowering was determined to be a hybrid and so it was renamed ‘Eric Savill.’  It took seventeen years of diligent cultivation before the seedling-tree finally blossomed. The tree received an Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in 1986.

Magnolia sprengeri ‘Eric Savill’ - originating from Savill Gardens, Windsor, England.

Botany Photo of the Day (above), UBC Botanical Garden: ”In science, beauty. In beauty, science. Daily.”

In 1958 the cultivar was initially planted at the Savill Garden as Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva,’ but after the first flowering was determined to be a hybrid and so it was renamed ‘Eric Savill.’ 

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It took seventeen years of diligent cultivation before the seedling-tree finally blossomed.

The tree received an Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in 1986.