A primitive and bewitching plant, the magnolia has adorned the earth with its abundant flowers for over a hundred million years. The likely ancestor of flora, its strange, immemorial beauty has captivated poets from Pablo Neruda to Walt Whitman, and continues to transport people into a daydream of fantasies. In turn praised for its medicinal, ornamental or culinary virtues, the hypnotic kaleidoscope of its broad, creamy, pastel petals is as captivating as the sap it harbors. It is a symbol of gentle strength, purity, joy and mysticism.
