Magnolia kobus ( Red Star Magnolia )
Dark purplish red blooms , white inside , 3 - 5 inches across . Registered 1946 . Deciduous bush , reaching 5 - 15 foot tall with jolty brownish or silvery gray bark . Twigs are greeny - yellow . Terminal buds are cover with silvery hair . Leaves are politic and dark green with paler green undersides . The white flowers are fragrant tinge with pink . Blooms in March to April , fruits August to September ....