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When was the saucer magnolia hybrid first produced?
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Magnolia (Magnolia fraseri).
The saucer magnolia (Magnolia × soulangeana) hybrid was first produced in 1820. It was created by crossing M. denudata with M. liliflora in the garden of a château belonging to Étienne Soulange-Bodin, the founder of the National Horticultural Society of France.1