Yeah, now you've posted that photo i see the difference, and Star Wars flowers are larger. The buds on mine are just about to open, so i hope this cold spell doesn't kill them stone dead.
It looks fine to me. We have two huge magnolias which were here when we moved in 18 years ago. The last of our flowers have just been blown away by the wind, and no leaves yet. Don’t know what variety ours is, but the behaviour of yours seems very similar, and quite normal.
OMG that is magnificent. I have definite garden envy. My Magnolia soulangeana is just about to open. It seems to be two weeks behind all the others in the area, but it is in a shady spot that gets the cold that runs down the hill. The good thing is last year, we had a nasty frost and all the others browned overnight. Mine flowered the following week and looked gorgeous.
It does look amazing, fidgetbones, but could have been better if shaped a bit in its youth. Being so tall, it’s often hard to see the white flowers against the sky, and they are so fleeting. I’m very envious of some of the magnolias I see in the village, which are low and dense rather than tall and straggly!
I stand corrected, thanks @Silver surfer. I was looking out the window at my stellata and trying to compare it with the OP's pic when I posted - but didn't zoom in to his pic. Grateful for your knowledge.
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Sorry but not Magnolia stellata.
It is Magnolia soulangeana...or one of the named cultivars of it.
Star wars has really dark pink flowers... this is not Star Wars..see my pic below.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_x_soulangeana_2_(Piotr_Kuczynski).jpg
The buds on mine are just about to open, so i hope this cold spell doesn't kill them stone dead.
Grateful for your knowledge.