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🌸 hadrian

Magnolia · saucer magnolia

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Light Full sun to part shade · Water even moisture · Soil rich, acidic, well-drained · Pets ✅ non-toxic

🧬 genusMagnolia💧 waterEven moisture, never bone-dry🪨 soilRich, acidic, well-drained🐾 pets✅ Safe for Cinder🌱 feed~every 45 days in season

⚔️ arena card

🌸 hadrianSun Eater
lv 30
HP5
MP6
ATK4
DEF3
SPD3
🏟️ Florida -3 (a cool-climate magnolia in the Gulf)
✦ Delicate Flower named for a man who ate a sun; wilts by mid-afternoon.

"Named for the man who ate a sun. I flinch at a hot afternoon. Even legends bloom soft."

⏳ then → now

hadrian then
then · 2025-03-28
hadrian now
now · 2026-02-17

11 months surviving the Florida arena

📸 babies → now 4

hadrian 1
2025-03-28
hadrian 2
2026-01-11
hadrian 3
2026-02-17 · in full bloom poolside
hadrian 4
2026-02-17

🪴 care

📝 log

🌿 identification

Genus Magnolia. Big pink-and-white goblet blooms on leafless branches in late winter (IMG_4065) say saucer magnolia (M. × soulangeana). Could be a stellata hybrid. Non-toxic to pets.