There a magnolia for every garden, whatever the size of the patch,” says magnolia expert William Dyson, curator of Great Comp Garden, a seven-acre idyll in Kent which is home to more than 80 specimens ...

This seven-acre haven boasts over 80 magnolia trees and 52 different varieties ... “Think about loebneri varieties like ‘Merrill’ which grows up to 20ft in height or ‘Leonard Messel ...