On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:41:46 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

M. wiesnerei doesn't flower until around June. M. delavayi goes from mid
summer to autumn.

Don't forget Magnolia sieboldii - comely, egg shaped buds, opening to
pendulous, cupped flowers with very showy crimson stamens. It is
fragrant, flowers when small and commences from late spring, carrying
on into the autumn. If that weren't enough, the flowers go on to
produce attractive reddish pink seed capsules that split to reveal
orange seeds. Utterly fabulous and one of the best!