On 27/3/08 09:25, in article , "jay jay"
wrote:

Hello, I have a two year-old magnolia soulangeana which has produced
five flowers this year. Sadly, the petals have become brown and dull
as they opened out. I have tried googling to find out the problem but
nothing has come up, except that magnolias tend to be disease free! In
all other respects the young tree seems healthy. I hope someone can
help.

jay jay
france

At a guess, rain, wind and cold, if you've been getting all those. Magnolias
don't like cold wind on the developing buds. Two years ago we lost all the
buds on our M. campbellii to frost.

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