Magnolia tree
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Magnolia tree nearly dead
Comments (17)Since this magnolia was planted in the spring, it should be fine, as far as timing goes. My experience, between the ones I have planted and the ones I have seen planted in several locations locally, is that they do drop a LOT of leaves after planting, and look rather sparse for a few years. They do recover - the Little Gem I planted 6 years ago (in the wrong location, too far from a hose, so it got watered about once a month, although well mulched, so I'm lucky it lived - ignorance is bliss!) is as thick as any I have seen, and thicker than most, while last year's planted BBB is still quite spindly looking, as is the 3-year-old one in front. More worrisome is the vast amount of rain - unless you want to dig it up, all you can do is hope that the soil dries out enough between drenchings to prevent any root-rot. That said, equally, don't let it dry out too much, since it IS newly planted. If it has few leaves, be vigilant against over-watering if/when you do water it. As long as the cambium layer - the green layer just under the bark - is still green, the tree is alive. If you can nurse it through this year and through the winter - keep watering it for the equivalent of an inch of rain per week as long as the ground isn't frozen, if your ground ever does freeze - then it should look almost normal next spring. I think evergreen magnolias have adventitious leaf buds (my deciduous ones had to grow new leaves after the Easter freeze), so you may get a second flush of growth this summer. Despite how tempting it may be, don't fertilize in an attempt to push things along, it may just make matters worse....See MoreWas told this was a magnolia tree - magnolia fig?
Comments (6)could be a young magnolia but It does look like a fig if you select 3-4 of the strongest branches and prune them at about 1ft from the soil, it will grow in a nice open habit...or select one and prune it at about 2ft, stake it and it will be more of a half standard style the whip should be pruned at about 1' as well, this will induce branching below the cut...See MoreWhat to plant under a magnolia tree?
Comments (20)My Historic home sports a 100 year old Gigantic Magnolia. I most certainly would deter from Rose's growing under MY MAGNOLIA because Magnola carry the worst EST kinds of diseases( but they never catch em,) I eat my rose petals in my Salad n I choose not to have ANY spill off from the Magnolia leaf spotted with filth. I'm planting Cinnamon ferns in a circle around my Magnolia ( that I foraged this week in the Golden Ilses of Georgia. I'll add some broken bricks for a nice circle effect....See MoreMagnolia Tree worries
Comments (1)Duplicate post. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6288172/dying-magnolia-tree Michelle, you did not need to start another post :-) There were comments and questions on your initial posting that may have helped or if answered, provided clarification. Right now, Christopher's comment about transplant shock is making the most sense....See Morepoaky1
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9 years ago'Jane' Magnolia is a deciduous magnolia. Magnolia grandiflora is evergreen (of which there are numerous cultivars which can differ in terms of cold hardiness, snow load tolerances, ultimate height and width, form, and flower size, etc.) Zone 6b is about the northern limit for the southern, M. grandiflora. Deciduous magnolias such as get Saucer magnolia or Star Magnolia should be hardy to Zone 5. If you are a milder Zone 6 or higher, and want to try an evergreen species, I would suggest M. grandiflora 'Edith Bogue', or M.g. 'Victoria', neither showed any damage from the 'polar vortexes' and both have good snow load tolerances. I would add the Magnolias are almost deer proof. I have herds running through here and they never eat anything off them...even when we were covered in three feet of snow! But!, they LOVE rutting them in the Fall if there is exposed trunk. (Magnolia wood is soft and bucks prefer them.) That is why I let them keep their natural habit with low branches down to the ground! Euonymus, on the other hand, they love to eat. I keep moving my japonica to find a safe space.
LOLP.S., I shot this photo earlier today. Not sure of the culivar, but not the greatest for snow load issues, which here, is more important than cold as snows tend to be very heavy and WET.
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