Magnolias

Flowering magnolias grow very well in Redan's climate, and produce spectacular displays in late August and early December.

There are about 210 different species in the magnolia family, which was named after the French botanist, Pierre Magnol. They are an ancient flowering plant, with fossils dating back over 90 million years. Magnolias are spreading, evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs, with large fragrant flowers which may be bowl-shaped or star-shaped, in shades of white, pink, purple, green or yellow. The blooms often appear before the leaves.

Redan's magnolias
In September 2020, an effort was made to map the trees in the suburb. As of September 2020, 41 trees have been located and mapped, although the individual species are not known.

Walking tours
Five short routes, all loops, have been calculated to see the trees.

The Maxi Loop
Starting from the Maxi Supermarket carpark on the corner of La Trobe and Pleasant Streets, cross La Trobe Street and walk north to Winter Street. Turn left at Winter Street and head west, the first tree (30) is at No. 5. At the Adair Street turn left and head south. Tree 29 is at 101 Adair Street, turn right and go west along Park Street. Tree 28 is at 107 Park Street and Tree 27 is at 127 Park Street. At Sutton Street, turn left and head south, crossing La Trobe Street. Turn left again at Foster Street, and head east. Tree 26, a star flowered magnolia is at 123 Foster Street. Further along are trees 10 and 25, at 114 and 112 Foster Street. Continue west until Pleasant Street, turn left, and continue north to return to the starting point. Total Distance: 2.0 kms

There is normally a coffee shop open at the supermarket on weekdays.

The Barnes Loop
Starting from F. W. Barnes and Son, Funeral Directors, on the corner of Darling and Pleasant Street, walk west along Darling Street. Tree No. 4 is at 703a Darling Street. Continue west, crossing Adair Street. Tree 14 is at 811 Darling Street, and Tree 18 is 817 Darling Street. At Sutton Street, turn left and go south, turning left into Lonsdale Street. Walk east and turn right into Adair Street and proceed south to Bell Street. Turn left and walk east along Bell Street to Tree 19, at 614 Bell Street. Turn left at Pleasant Street, and walk north to Lonsdale Street. Turn right and walk east along Lonsdale Street, crossing the Redan Creek. Turn left at Ripon Street and see Tree No. 5 at 706 Ripon Street. Turn right at Darling Street, Tree 15 is a small tree on the corner at 507 Darling Street. On the other side of Darling Street to the right is Tree 2 at the Quarry House, 504 Darling Street. From here, head west, crossing Redan Creek with its bluestone culverts to return to your starting point. Total Distance: 2.32 kms.

St. Aloysius Loop
(coming soon)

Formosa Loop
(coming soon)

Post Office Loop
(also coming soon)