SCIENTIFIC NAME: Michelia figo (Magnolia fuscata, Michelia fuscata)

COMMON NAME: banana shrub

FLOWERS: Creamy, yellow flowers in the spring that smell like a banana.

GROWTH HABIT: Grows 8' to 15' tall.

LEAVES: Alternate with red hairs on the young growth and buds. Waxy leaf with revolute margins and. 3" to 4" long.

OTHER: Hardy to zone 7b. Likes sun to part shade and is drought tolerant. A member of the Magnoliaceae family.