Re: [gardeners] Re: This weekend
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 07 Mar 1998 06:51:09 -0700
>>.....
>>Magnolia souleiana (can't spell)
>
>Sounds like a great Spring so far with everything blooming. Read that
your Magnolia is
>in bloom and thought you may be familiar with a problem I'm having with my
Magnolia
>tree, which I believe is a Star Magnolia. For the last 3 years , after
it has bloomed and the
>leaves have started to grow, the leaves start becoming wrinkled and seem
dry. They
>remain green all season and don't fall off til the fall. The tree must be
at least 25-30 feet
>tall and seems very healthy. The owner of a local nursery tought it may be
a fungus caused
>by the leaves starteing to grow before the flower petals have completely
fallen off. He
>couldn't offer a treatment. Will try our county cooperative extension
again(didn't get a
>reply last year). As an aside, a smaller tree(~3feet) that I started from
seed doesn't have
>this problem, but it hasn't bloomed yet. Wondering if my tree misses the
south and just
>doesn't like these northern winters. Good luck with your garden this year.
>
>Long Island George - Zone 7
>
Is your tree getting enough water? Are the nutrients in the soil okay, or
have they been depleted? This is supposed to be a trouble-free tree,
according to Dirr. It should be all right in zone 7, according to
ForestFarm, whose catalog has three different magnolia stellatas, two hardy
to zone 5 and one to zone 6. Margaret