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Magnolia buds eaten before flowering

Why is my magnolia "Susan's" flower buds being eaten before flowering?

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Squirrels eat the magnolia buds in my garden after they have eaten the camellia flowers.  Presumably they think it is salad.

  • No squirrels where we live, relativley new plant and still in pot. Could this be diseased?

  • jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434

    Do you have a pic? I planted a young Magnolia Susan that i planted last autumn. I've a few buds on it that haven't opened yet. I hard that frost can kill the flower buds.

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