Magnolia (Parcind) Paradise® Princess Cinderella

Common Name: Princess Cinderella Magnolia (Magnolia × laevifolia ‘Princess Cinderella’)

Description:
Princess Cinderella is a compact evergreen magnolia selected for its lush foliage, fragrant flowers, and refined growth habit. This elegant cultivar produces creamy-white to pale-yellow cup-shaped blooms that appear twice a year—in late winter through spring and again during summer into autumn—offering extended seasonal interest and a sweet perfume. The foliage is glossy and deep green, creating a rich, tidy backdrop throughout the year. It performs exceptionally well in Melbourne gardens, thriving in full sun to part shade and preferring well-drained soils. Suitable as a specimen tree, small feature hedge, or soft screen, Princess Cinderella responds well to light pruning and is relatively low maintenance once established.

Form:

• Shrub – Medium to Large

• Tree – Small (if left unpruned)

• Suitable for Screening / Hedging

Mature Size:

• Height: 3–5 m (typically maintained at 2–3 m when used as a hedge)

• Width: 1.5–2 m

Aspect:

• Full Sun

• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Winter

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

• Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:

• Creamy-white

• Pale yellow

Key Attributes:

• Evergreen

• Perennial

• Fragrant flowers

• Suitable for Hedging / Screening

• Suitable as a Specimen or Feature Plant

• Low-Maintenance

• Moderately Drought Tolerant once established

• Frost Tolerant (light frost)

• Suitable for Containers when young

Toxicity:

• Not known to be toxic to humans or pets

Companion Plants:

• Hellebores – for winter colour beneath

• Camellia japonica – complementary bloom shape and time

• Rhododendrons – similar soil preference

• Ferns – soft foliage contrast

Cultivation Tips:

• Best grown in fertile, well-drained soil; add compost to improve poor soil.

• Mulch well to conserve moisture and suppress weeds, keeping mulch clear of the trunk.

• Water regularly through the first year; becomes drought-tolerant once established.

• Light pruning in spring after flowering helps maintain a dense shape.