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Cultivar NameNotes
 
Miss Honeybee'Miss Honeybee' - hardy yellow-flowered form; large shrub or small tree to 30' tall; glossy leaves; blooms at an early age with tulip-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers
Ultimate Yellow'Ultimate Yellow' - 6" wide yellow blooms that shade green at the base
Yellow Bird'Yellow Bird' - strong-growing, upright plant; grows to 40' tall; yellow blooms 4" wide and half as wide, shade to green at the base and are produced later than other forms
Alta'Alta' - fastigiate when young; grows to 50' high x 20'wide; tight branching; potentially superior cold hardiness
Baby Grand'Baby Grand' - dwarf, compact plant; grows to 8 - 10' tall; cold hardy to zone 7
D.D. Blanchard'D.D. Blanchard' - grows to 50-60' x 25-30'; hardy to zone 7; dark green leaves contrasting with more reddish backs than other varieties
Claudia Wannamaker'Claudia Wannamaker' - grows to 50-60' x 20-30'; hardy to zone 7; vigorous habit; tight form; transplants well with little leaf drop
Coco'Coco' - grows to 50' tall x 25' wide; pyramidal to upright oval form; hardy to zone 7
Emory'Emory' (a.k.a. 'Emory Smith') - columnar form, grows to 30 - 50' high x 10 - 15' wide; hardy to zone 7
Teddy Bear'Teddy Bear' - semi-dwarf; grows to 26’ tall and 14’ wide; dense, upright, pyramidal habit; produces fewer flowers
var. borealisvar. borealis - particularly cold-hardy
Centennial Blush'Centennial Blush' prolific bloomer; pink buds open to full and fragrant pale pink flowers; grows to 12 - 18 ' high x 10 - 15 ' wide; upright oval form
Centennial'Centennial' - larger flowers; vigorous; cold-hardy
Rosea'Rosea' - pale pink flowers
Rubra'Rubra' - purple-pink flowers
Waterlily'Waterlily' - pink buds open to white flowers
Pink Stardust'Pink Stardust' - light pink flowers with many tepals
Royal Star'Royal Star' - shrubby; early flowering
var. asheivar. ashei (sometimes listed as a separate species M. ashei) - similar to species; maroon markings at the center of the flower
var. australisvar. australis - grows larger (more tree-like); remains evergreen in winter, unlike northern forms of the species; potentially less cold-hardy
Henry Hicks'Henry Hicks' - handsome foliage appears to remain evergreen even in cold climates; grows to 25' tall
Milton'Milton' (a.k.a. 'Milton Clones') - selected from the northernmost natural populations of the species, located in coastal Massachusetts; particularly good cold-hardiness.
Green Shadow'Green Shadow' (a.k.a. 'Greenbay') - evergreen foliage; tight oval form
Moonglow'Moonglow' (a.k.a. 'Jim Wilson’) - vigorous upright growth; better cold hardiness; semi-evergreen foliage in the northern part of its range; slightly larger flowers than species
Sweet Thing'Sweet Thing' (a.k.a. 'Perry Paige') - var. australis selection; dwarf, grows to 8' high x 7' wide; extremely dense, compact form
Northern Belle'Northern Belle' (a.k.a. 'Ned's Northern Belle') - larger than normal, fragrant, creamy white flowers; evergreen foliage; excellent cold tolerance; grows to 30' high x 20' wide
Tensaw'Tensaw' (a.k.a. Dodd's Small Leaf ) - leaves are less than 2" long and 3/4" wide with silvery undersides; flowers are proportionally smaller as well; more dwarf than the species, grows to 10 - 15' high x 8 - 10 ft wide; hardy to zone 6
Mardi Gras'Mardi Gras' foliage variegated with wide yellow margins and irregular blotches on dark green leaves; semi-evergreen; 15' high x 8' high
Havener'Havener' - larger, slightly pink flowers
Mattie Mae Smith'Mattie Mae Smith' - variegated foliage; grows to 20' high x 10' wide