BOTANICAL NAME:  Magnolia figo ‘Serendipity’

COMMON NAME: “Serendipity Banana Shrub”

ATTRACTS:  Birds

RESISTANT: Deer

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Fragrant, cream colored flowers Spring-Summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Full to Part Sun 

HEIGHT: 10 to 15 feet

WIDTH: 10 to 15 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS:  Prefers well-drained, fertile, acidic, medium moisture soil

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Attracts birds

Deer resistant

Drought tolerant

Fragrant flowers

HARDINESS ZONES: 7-9

Serendipity Banana Shrub is a large, rounded, evergreen shrub w/fragrant cream-colored flowers that smell like banana popsicles Spring through Summer. Good plant selection for mixed borders, hedges or as a specimen.