I bought one in bloom to plant out in the burbs. a soulangiana. I put it behind a
row of trees that would shade it early in the year and it is more of an understory
tree and it has always bloomed later than others I see plunked out into the middle
of the lawn. no late frost damage. Milwaukee is full of soulangiana because the
lake moderates the temp and last frosts are unusual.. drive 15 miles west and they
get hit pretty bad.

"Pam - gardengal" wrote:


"Ed Christie" wrote in message
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We have had a magnolia tree in the ground about 4 years now. It was
about 6 feet high when we planted it, and now it is probably over 8
feet. Every year it gets new growth but no flowers. Is it still too
young? Is there some type of fertizilizer that I should be using to
encourage flowering?

Ed Christie

You don't say where you are located or the type of magnolia, but you should
be aware that some forms of early blooming magnolias can have their blossoms
damaged by late frosts. And as the other poster stated, some species can
take a considerable time to reach flowering maturity, however many of the
more popular, commonly sold species (x soulangiana, x loebneri, stellata)
will flower at a very young age. They also tend to be the ones most often
affected by cold damage to flower buds.

pam - gardengal




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