Magnolia ‘Xiaoxuan’: A New Dwarf Magnolia Cultivar

The cultivar Magnolia Xiaoxuan is named after a Chinese girl’s name that refers to a short height and beautiful flowers. The lateral branches of M. ‘Xiaoxuan’ begin to occur at the same time the main branches sprout, the characteristics of which are completely different from other taxa of Magnolia subgenus Yulania. Magnolia ‘Xiaoxuan’ has a smaller leaf size and plant shape, with denser flowers, and could be suitable for pot plants and small garden plants. On 24 Jul 2019, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection of New Varieties of China approved the release of the new cultivar M. Xiaoxuan (Xie et al. 2020), which is owned by Xi’an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province (patent no. 20190045; Wang et al. 2019). On 22 Jun 2016, the cultivar M. Xiaoxuan was registered officially with Magnolia Society International. On 28 Jun 2021, the cultivar M. Xiaoxuan obtained the patent given by the Office of Plant Variety Protection of the US Department of Agriculture (patent no. 20200425; Wang 2021).