I looked in Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants

Anne - 8' to 10' high, 10' wide and more open than Betty, deep purple-red, 7-9 tepals

Betty - 10', very upright, deep purple-red outside, white inside, 12-15 tepals

Really, no difference in culture, make sure it's not planted too deep (#1 cause of woody plant failure, in my experience), it needs full-sun or mostly-sun conditions, good air circulation but protect from strong winter winds.

It's spelled 'Ann'. This one and 'Betty' are among the more treelike selections. It also flowers earlier in the season than the other Kosar-DeVos hybrids.

I have an 'Ann' and its 12ft tall and 7 yrs old. Here in N Georgia (Atlanta) they have been spectacular (the last several years the blooms have been cut short by a late freeze). I'm sure you will enjoy either variety. They are beautiful.

I just planted an Ann last month on the southeast corner of my house. Is that a good spot? It gets a good deal of shade from a nearby limbed-up Foster holly.

Up north here we find 'Jane to be hardier and shrubbier than the other listings...

>I just planted an Ann last month on the southeast corner of my house. Is that a good spot? It gets a good deal of shade from a nearby limbed-up Foster holly.Sounds like the spot may not be the best one you can come up with. There may not be enough room or sun for it. Try to put it where it will have room to grow at least 2 storeys high, somewhat less wide, without being crowded by other shrubs or overhung by taller trees, which will deform its shape as it matures.

is the little girl a bush or tree magnolia/

does anyone know the source magnolias for the hybrid?