Royal Star Magnolia Shrub
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Delivery and Shipping
Delivery and Shipping
Shipping
To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.
Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.
Shipping Rates
At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.
From | To | S&H |
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0 | 19.99 | 24.99 |
20 | 49.99 | 29.99 |
50 | 69.99 | 34.99 |
70 | 99.99 | 39.99 |
100 | 129.99 | 44.99 |
130 | 149.99 | 48.99 |
150 | 150+ | Approx 28% |
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Buying Options for Plants
Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.
Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!
Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.
- Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
- Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.
Nature Hills Container Size by Volume
Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.
Young Plants to 18 Months | ||
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Size | Volume | |
2"x2"x3" | Ranges from | .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume |
4.5" Container | Equal to | .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume |
Sprinter Pot | Equal to | .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume |
4" Container | Ranges from | .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume |
6" Container | Equal to | 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume |
1 Quart | Equal to | 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume |
5.5" Container | Equal to | 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x5" | Ranges from | .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x6" | Ranges from | 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x9" | Ranges from | 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x10" | Ranges from | 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume |
Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old | ||
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Size | Volume | |
2 Quart | Equal to | 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume |
#1 Container | Ranges from | 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume |
5"x5"x12" | Equal to | 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume |
Plants 2 - 4 Years Old | ||
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Size | Volume | |
#2 Container | Ranges from | 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume |
#3 Container | Ranges from | 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume |
Plants 3 - 5 Years Old | ||
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Size | Volume | |
#5 Container | Ranges from | 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume |
#6 Container | Ranges from | 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume |
#7 Container | Ranges from | 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume |
Plant Highlights
Royal Star Magnolia Shrub highlights at a glance!
Plant Highlights
Plant Highlights
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Botanical Name
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Growing Zones
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Mature Height
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Mature Spread
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Sun ExposureFull Sun
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Moisture
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Soil
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Growth RateMedium
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Fall Color
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Pollinator Friendly
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Pollinator Required
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Bloom PeriodLate Spring
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Growing Zones 4-9
Highly Desirable Ornamental Royal Star Magnolia Shrub
- Fragrant White Flowers in Early Spring
- Use as a Shrub or Small Tree
- Lovely, Glossy Dark Green Foliage
- Excellent Form
- Pest and Disease Resistant
- Blooms Later to Resist Frost Damage
- Winner of the Prestigious 'Award of Garden Merit' from the Royal Horticultural Society
- Full Sun or Partial Shade
- Later Bloom Time to Avoid Late Frost
For discerning gardeners who want to stand out a bit from the pack, Royal Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star') offers a special charm unlike any other. The unique flowers draw the eye of everyone who sees them.
Forgive us for waxing poetic, but these blooms look like a starburst of pristine white ribbons surrounding a tiny glowing sun. Each 4-inch long double bloom is comprised of 25 - 30 long, strappy petals surrounding a pale yellow center.
They liberally cover the shrub on branches bare of leaves - a display that is sure to be the envy of your neighborhood!
With larger, star-shaped flowers, this prize-winning cultivar is particularly sought after. They also bloom a bit later than others, which helps it resist frost damage in cold-winter hardiness zones 4 - 6.
Royal Star Magnolia is known for its attractive form and large oblong leaves. This ornamental, deciduous shrub creates an outstanding specimen in your yard.
Use Royal Star Magnolia as either a small tree or large shrub. It becomes a wonderful focal point for your Spring Garden.
It is clear to see why the Royal Star Magnolia is such a popular Magnolia cultivar. Larger and later blooms, in addition to all the other stellar qualities of a Magnolia, make this a must-have for any landscape. Order today!
How to Use Royal Star Magnolia in the Landscape
Royal Star is a superb flowering privacy shrub for many landscape applications. It is a perfect specimen plant to anchor a foundation planting. Place it at least 10 feet from your house, so you can easily access the exterior, even when the shrub is mature.
Angle it out from the corner to accent your home's architecture or use closer to the picture window to provide a bit of screening. That's especially true if you have a picture window to study the early spring flower show from inside your snug and warm home.
Use 3 or 5 Star Magnolia in a berm or lawn planting. Plant them in a loose zig-zag and vary the spacing - from 10 - 25 feet apart - to create a wonderful, natural woodland look. If you want each to shine as an individual, give them at least 20 feet between their neighbor.
This plant is also great on the edge of a woodland garden. It looks fantastic when planted next to a pond or waterway. Mix in groups with other Magnolias or flowering bushes and shrubs to create a naturalized planting.
Royal Star is extremely versatile. Lower branches can be pruned up into a high canopy, single trunk flowering tree, or grow it as a pretty and effective privacy screen. Use the medium growth rate Star Magnolia as a go-between among shelterbelts of slower and fast-growing shrubs.
Keep it unpruned to use as a low-maintenance, large shrub. Plant them 8 feet apart (measuring from the center of one to the center of the next.) Allow them to fill in naturally to create a marvelous freeform "friendly fence" hedge along your property line. It will wow your neighbors every spring!
Another way to use this special kind of hedge is within your own landscape. Create a secret garden room with walls made out of Royal Star Magnolia. Give yourself a little space of your own to get lost in.
People are loving Meditation Gardens, outdoor Yoga studios, or just a comfy cottage garden to cozy up with a good book and a small pitcher of your favorite adult beverage.
#ProPlantTips for Care
Adaptable throughout USDA hardiness zones 4 through 9, the Royal Star Magnolia grows in either full sun or part shade. It requires well-drained soil. If you see puddles that remain after a rain in the area you want to plant it, just mound up. Add additional soil in a mounded heap 18 - 24 inches above your soil. You'll plant directly into the mound.
It loves organically rich, well-drained soil, even tolerating well-drained clay soil. In warm, dry climates, you'll ideally want to check your soil pH and amend as needed to reach between 6 - 7. In areas with higher pH, plant where it will receive morning sun and give protection from the hot afternoon sun. Fertilize yearly with Dr. Earth Acid Lovers Premium Fertilizer to help maintain proper pH.
Give it a nice layer of mulch 3 to 4 inches deep and spread it to 3 feet outside of the canopy of the shrub. Please don't let the mulch touch the trunk.
This deciduous Magnolia tree Royal Star is sold as a shrub form. It has no serious disease or pest problems and requires little pruning to get its great structure. It's amenable to any pruning in late winter or early spring, should you choose to provide it. Limb it up and create a small flowering specimen tree by exposing the multi-trunk form.
Water carefully at the start. You don't want to overwater, but you shouldn't let it dry out. The best way to see if your new plant needs water is by poking your finger in the ground. If it's getting dry, give it a nice long drink. If it's moist, no need to add any more water.
Even after they are established in your soil, baby it a bit. Magnolias love the warm weather but need a drink when it starts to get dry, especially in hot climates.
You'll be happy to provide that tender loving care to this wonderful shrub. Order today and get started with your new love affair!
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Plant Royal Star Magnolia?
You can plant your Royal Star in full sun to partial shade locations in a well-draining loam. Be sure to keep the current pot depth of the tree level with the soil in the new location and water it in very well. For more planting tips, see Nature Hills #ProPlantTips Garden Blog!
How big does a Royal Star Magnolia get?
The Royal Star Magnolia can reach a mature height varying between 10-20 feet and features a mature width of 10-15 feet, in optimal conditions. Pruning easily controls the size.
Is Royal Star Magnolia messy?
Deciduous shrub Magnolia do drop their blooms as soon as they are spent and will lose leaves in the autumn, so they are really no more messy than other flowering shrubs. The petals won’t stain concrete and both the leaves and dried blooms are great compost!
How fast does a Royal Star Magnolia grow?
Royal Star is a medium growth rate tree that can obtain about 1-2 feet of new growth per year in optimal conditions.
Is Royal Star Magnolia a tree or shrub?
Royal Star is sold as both a shrub or tree form and this form is a shrub with its lower limbs and branching intact upon arrival for you to use as a privacy hedge or bush. It is also multi-stemmed and has several branching trunks, unlike a tree-form that will have a single straight trunk.
What Shipping Options Do You Offer?
NatureHills.com works closely with our growers and nursery professionals to ensure we ship when it is most appropriate for your area. Our goal is to deliver the hardiest plants by avoiding extreme high and low temperatures. Check out our shipping schedule for more information and to learn our wills and won’ts when it comes to shipping plants. Find your Royal Star Magnolia tree and shrub for sale here at NatureHills.com!