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Wilting Magnolia

kwadskwads Posts: 14
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  • I planted two magnolia tress last year, they seem to have established well and had plenty of healthy green leaves, until a couple of days ago.  Now they are both wilting,  can I revive them and what has caused this?

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited May 2020
    It was caused by the frosts we've had over the last 3 nights.  All of my 6 magnolia trees now have lots of floppy, frost-damaged leaves.  The damaged leaves will go brown, die and be shed by the tree.  However, new leaves will grow so don't worry. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • kwadskwads Posts: 14
    Thank you Bob 👍
  • kwadskwads Posts: 14
    So, my magnolia is looking quite healthy now, has never flowered and I'm not sure if I should be pruning it as it's quite sparse in branches but quite wide. Any suggestions?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s only a baby. Don’t prune it … it will develop a wonderful elegant shape if you let it. 
    I’m concerned that it’s much too close to that fence. Magnolias are usually grown as a single specimen tree in the centre of a grass, or in a similar place where if had plenty of room to show itself off. 
    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • kwadskwads Posts: 14
    Would I be able to move it at this stage?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think it would be best done in the autumn … @punkdoc @Hostafan1 or some others might be better able to advise you on that …

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Agree with @Dovefromabove
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • kwadskwads Posts: 14
    Thank you @Dovefromabove and @punkdoc
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