Select Magnolia grandiflora hybrids
| Cultivar | Foliage | Comments |
| Baby Doll | Small glossy green leaves | Dwarf; 22' by 22'; small flowers; semi-rounded |
| Baldwin | Lustrous dark green leaves; dark pubescences on young stems and lower side of leaves | Upright; late flowering; slightly larger flowers than species |
| Bracken's Brown Beauty | 6" by 2"leathery, dark green leaves, sometimes with wavy margins; rusty brown underside; forms multiple breaks from each shoot; | 5 to 6" flowers; 2 to 3" fruit; relatively compact and dense in youth; 30' tall with spread of 10 15'; transplants well |
| Claudia Wannamaker | 6" by 2" dark green leaves; medium rusty brown underside | Open form; starts flowering at early age; 3 to 4" flowers; medium broad pyramidal habit; vigorous |
| D. D. Blancher | Lustrous dark green leaves; warm, orangish brown pubescence | Upright; easy to transplant; pyramidal; 50' |
| Dearing Street | ||
| Edith Bogue | Lustrous, dark green, narrow leaves | 6 to 8" flowers; tight pyramidal form; more cold hardy than most magnolias; 30 to 35' tall; spreads to 20'; branches less susceptible to breakage from ice and snow; slow to begin flowering; vigorous |
| Gloriosa | Broad, dark green leaves | 12" flowers; flowers at early age |
| Goliath | 8"broad, glossy green leaves; underside of leaf is normally not pubescent | 12" flowers; somewhat compact habit; late season flowering |
| Hasse | Leaves smaller than species; extremely lustrous dark green; light rusty pubescent underneath | Upright habit; 40 to 45' tall and 15 to 18' wide |
| Harold Poole | Dark green, narrow (1.5") leaves | Compact; shrubby; medium size flowers |
| Kingsville fastiagata | ||
| Lanceolata (Exmouth) | Rusty underside; narrow leaves with rusty pubescence | Narrow pyramidal form; flowers when young; extra sets of tepals |
| Little Gem | 4" lustrous dark green leaves with bronze brown pubescence | 3 to 5" flowers; begins at an early age; can be used as a specimen shrub or screen; dense; 12 to 20' tall with10' spread |
| Majestic Beauty | Large, lustrous, dark green leaves | Pyramidal form; 30 to 50' tall with spread of 20'; profuse production of 12" flowers |
| Pioneer | Dark green leaves | Shrubby; cold hardy; 8" creamy white flowers |
| Russet | Small narrow dark green leaves; orange brown pubescence underneath | Dense; columnar to pyramidal; cold hardy; 50'; rapid grower |
| Santa Rosa | ||
| Samuel Sommer | 8" leathery, glossy, dark green leaves with distinct veins and lighter green edge; slightly cupped | 12 to 14" white flowers; rapid grower; good cold tolerance; flowers at an early age; ascending branches; loose and somewhat open; 30 to 40' tall |
| Southern Lights | ||
| Satin Leaf | Leaves larger than species; deep reddish brown pubescent on underside | Flowers larger than species |
| St. Mary | Lustrous dark green leaves with wavy margins; bronzed underside | Flowers at young age; heavy production of full size flowers; compact, bushy pyramidal form; 18 to 20' tall with spread of 20' |
| Symmes Select | Dark green leaves; dark brown pubescence on underside | Compact; branched to the ground; vigorous; large white flowers; starts at early age |
| Variegata | Yellow and green leaves | Term used for many variegated magnolias |
| Victoria | Glossy leaves; brown pubescent on lower side | Very cold hardy; 20' tall |