saucer magnolia
Hi....I would like to have a few saucer magnolias but the only place I have left is primarily in full sun....will this help or hurt them? Thanks...
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I thought saucer magnolias are big trees. Are they understory height trees?
My magnolia is out in full sun, but it's the small flowered kind (unfortunately I lost the tag -- it was a girl's name of some kind... magenta flowers) I don't think it's supposed to get much bigger than 12~15'.
It had not been growing well -- I mean it had good growth, but the leaves would turn gray and fall around mid-summer. I decided it was a combination of early summer mildew problem followed by drought, so I started spraying with 10% milk as soon as the humid weather started, and I also dug a swale upslope of it to sequester water. You should've seen the gorgeous flowers it had this year. DH was impressed.
My magnolia is out in full sun, but it's the small flowered kind (unfortunately I lost the tag -- it was a girl's name of some kind... magenta flowers) I don't think it's supposed to get much bigger than 12~15'.
It had not been growing well -- I mean it had good growth, but the leaves would turn gray and fall around mid-summer. I decided it was a combination of early summer mildew problem followed by drought, so I started spraying with 10% milk as soon as the humid weather started, and I also dug a swale upslope of it to sequester water. You should've seen the gorgeous flowers it had this year. DH was impressed.