Magnolia ×loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Flowers with about 12 oblanceolate petal-like segments mostly 6-7 cm long, exterior pink, interior white, eventually spreading. Long flowering. Raised England by l. Messel of Nymans pre-1950.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Magnolianae
order      Magnoliales
family       Magnoliaceae
genus        Magnolia L.
species         Magnolia ×loebneri Kache