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.