Sweet Bay Magnolia Tree Height Shipped:3 4 Feet Many a Southerner holds happy To help you grow Many a Southerner holds happy memories of walking through a loblolly grove wildlife value The sweet bay magnolia tree has long been used in southern American gardens and parks as a foundation plant and a border plant‚ as the shrub is hardy and grows well in consistently wet soil‚ making it a good choice for public parks and gardens․ The sweet bay has been widely used by homeowners and landscape architects for the ornamental qualities that the shrub has․ It provides helpful shade‚ stabilizes soil‚ and contributes to biodiversity in the areas where it is grown․ Magnolia is commonly used in landscape architecture for wetland and dryland applications and represents a variety of plant materials that can have different functions in a landscape․ Because of this‚ this plant has been a mainstay throughout the years and still finds its way into numerous properties year after year․ Polysemous and fun to say‚ the fragrance of the sweet bay magnolia is as beautiful as its form and is usually its most beautiful characteristic at this time of the year‚ the flowers usually beginning to bloom anywhere from late spring through early summer․ The flowers can be as much as ten inches or twenty five centimeters wide․ The fragrance of the blossom has been likened to that of the ubiquitous magnolia flower with a hint of citrus․ The flowers may attract pollinators such as bees‚ butterflies‚ and moths․ Against the dark green foliage of the tree‚ the beauty of the flowers makes this one of the most beautiful sights of spring․