Amazing New Magnolias for the New Garden

[@ginnyraska9634]

Loved this! Please go back for a more complete tour!

[@TheRobster727]

Proud graduate of this program! KP is one of a kind with a genuine passion for the trade.

[@valhallamcgaughey3720]

Wonderful video, thank you! I love magnolias. What a lovely way to remember his wife and mother.

[@heatherw.2751]

Such a cool video! I’m super grateful for all the plant nerds out there that have the patience and dedication to bring us these wonderful new varieties! Thank you all for your contributions!!!! ❤️

[@Debbie-ni8bc]

What an awesome video! I’m glad you finally hooked up with Kevin and I hope you are able to do more of these in the future. It would be cool to see updates to the magnolias he’s working on, but I would also like to see more aspects to his educational program. Maybe even talk with some students - who knows, it might even influence future careers of viewers or children of viewers.

[@terrimainey8748]

I always love y’all’s videos; this one really got me excited! Thank you for bringing horticultural education to your viewers. We have so many knowledgeable and gifted teachers who share their passion and I so appreciate how Steph and you highlight them. Great work, all!

[@aalejardin]

My sister had a wonderful southern magnolia in her front yard in Houston. I am glad to know there may be cultivars that will grow in my Zone 6b/7 garden. We gardeners should be so grateful for the passion (and patience) of plant breeders.

[@itsallaboutlight]

Love this video. Heart warming stories about naming his trees.

[@carolina_girl7795]

Really enjoyed this one! My sister graduated from this program many years ago and thinks the world of Mr. Parris. The SCC campus is truly a hidden gem. I have a hard time find Kay Parris available to buy for our nursery, but when we can get it, we offer it. Thanks for doing this one!

[@kathyhornbuckle4966]

Kevin is so inspirational and an amazing educator and person !!!!!

[@tarawatterson4188]

Neat video. Really touching stories about those plant names. Thanks Jim and Steph!

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@terrivance8750]

Jim, Steph, Love it! ❤ Thank you! 😊

[@maitran3952]

This is a great video. I recently bought 3 Kay Parris magnolia for my small garden and even have 1 flower on one of the little 4 ft plant. I’m very excited to see them grow!

[@kso808]

Those pink and yellow ones are marvelous!

[@ytubechannel997]

Great stories. Great plants. Great people!

[@lavonnajovanovich6291]

I love collecting plants with great stories. Looking for magnolias now.

[@TerrymostlyyouZazayouazdxBento]

Loved this video. So exciting to hear about the new magnolias. Thanks so much Jim and Steph!

[@vb50562]

Been watching your videos for a number of years enjoyed today’s video because we’ve been to SCC and walked the campus and found it great. It’s great to introduce us to the man who has been instrumental in what we saw. Gardening is a passionate and also a personal adventure and it was touching to hear him name a magnolia for his wife. You’ve also been great in sharing with us who are not from here and moved here on educating us on plant selection and species Thanks again Jim We live in Greer

[@najwaseiya]

great presentation😍😍👍👍

[@katherinec7698]

Wonderful garden and interview with Kevin, loved it! What is the happy music at the end? Every time this is one of your videos it makes me smile. Thanks Jim snd Steph for a great start to my day. 🤗

[@elizabethupchurch5295]

Wonderful video, Jim. Thank you!

[@Collington23]

Love the scarlet red hibiscus at the end. I have these in my yard in central FL. Some of the prettiest red flowers out there

[@kaychaney6102]

So enjoyed this. Thank you!

[@lorraineclark7455]

Great and informative tour 😊

[@emmalavenham]

We went with BBB because of its cold tolerance (and its chocolate brown indumentum) for our mixed deciduous evergreen hedge. But KP is something we are also thinking about giving a try - the data Re cold tolerance we were just not able to find (not even in book of Dirr) Zone 6 New England

[@NitaP1569]

Very interesting and informative. In a zone 6 garden, would it be wise to protect a Kay Parris magnolia in the winter for the first few years ? If so, would you fence and protect with leaves to have additional mulch over the roots? Or another method?

[@CynLynRin]

Thank you for this video. I enjoyed the stories about plant names as tributes. I appreciated learning more about plant breeding. And I was interested in seeing public spaces that do a good job with design and maintenance and overall stewardship. In a long shot, I could see repeating beds of single trees, but I could tell that they were underplanted with shrubs and then something smaller than shrubs, so no islands of mulch!. I would love more videos of great public spaces.

[@jeffhowell9125]

Great video! What a wonderful program for the students. I’ve planted a few cultivars but still need a Kay Parris. I felt like I was boundary pushing a bit in central KY (6B/7A) but all of mine have performed well. Short story on the hardiness of one in particular: In the fall of 2022 I purchased a large ‘Teddy Bear’ that was marked 75% off. It was in a 45 gallon container and almost 10ft tall so I really couldn’t turn it down. I planted it right away sometime in October, hoping for the best but knowing the risks associated with planting something marginal that time of year. During that December blast we had temps down to -10F (-30 wind chill) and lots of wind that winter. This tree is in an area about as exposed as you can get. By March it was looking… rough. Then an early spring storm that ripped my neighbor’s trailer in half with 75mph straight line winds pushed the tree to about a 60 degree angle. I corrected it and coddled it a bit, and it dropped most of its remaining leaves over the course of April. At the end of May it pushed new growth! Fast forward to today and it looks outstanding. I’m sure the age and size of the tree were big contributors to success here, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how tough these trees are.

[@irma_brenton]

Good morning!!

[@JimPutnam]

Good morning!

[@dawnb7457]

I have a Star Magnolia and Little Gem in my yard...love them both and want to try one of the Jane or other sister types.

[@BCole83]

That hedge is amazing. Would love to know more about how specifically that is cut back. I’d assume not with hedge shears as it’s not boxed off, but I might be wrong.

[@kevinparris7148]

Always selectively pruned with bypass pruners

[@LinusCello75]

Is there any breeding for variegated leaves? Any breeding with Eternal Spring Magnolia (M. laevifolia and M. maudiae)?

[@zukosmom3780]

2:16 what is that beautiful pink flower? 🌸

[@douellette7960]

Looks like an amaryllis, maybe someone else knows which one

[@danthetreeman2023]

Crinum sp. I helped plant those back in 2012, but I can't recall the name. It may be C. xpowellii, which has C. bulbispermum as a parent.

[@btucker8312]

Anybody know what the yellow foliage new growth plant is in the foreground?

[@Flower_hoarder]

💚

[@karenmuhlig8185]

Grogeous pink and yellow Magnolia

[@bllplayer87]

Where can we buy a Kay Parris Magnolia locally in Raleigh?

[@hilltopbrenda]

Yes Where can you buy one in that area? My son is stationed down there and he will bring one North for me this fall to get in my garden.

[@frandavis8687]

I have a “Kay Parris”. Any way to get a “Melissa Parris” now? I was waiting for you to say…

[@friedahickman3164]

what's the name of this magnolia??

[@JimPutnam]

Which one?

[@mattlloyd9054]

Love mags but Jim I'm begging you for info on magnolia scale its almost impossible to get rid of. Im not sure if my natives are harboring it and ants are spreading it? All i can say is the natives seem to be amune but any non native gets eat alive. Fighting to save my large elizabeth thought it being half native itd make it but???? Reardless i love magnolias the umbrella magnolia is the very tree that started my sick obsession with plants as a child because it looks out of place here in the Appalachians.

[@maryannferencak3799]

I detest magnolias! My neighbor has one, and it sheds its huge dead leaves all over my beautiful and yard and flower beds. They are such an eyesore!!!

[@JimPutnam]

There are lots of different types of magnolias.

[@gray_f]

Wow this was amazing! I want a Melissa Perris!!!🥰🩷Thank you so much for ALL your amazing, in depth content!!! I have both Lil gem and Kay Perris, Kay Perris does bloom more profusely. 🤍