Two Marches ago, we planted a star magnolia in our south-facing front
yard in Portland, Oregon; it bloomed profusely. Last year, it bloomed
some, but not as much as the first year. This year, the other star
magnolias on our street bloomed beautifully in March, but ours didn't
bloom at all! The leaves appear to be perfectly healthy, it just
never generated flower buds.

What would cause this? Any ideas?


Adam Schneider
Portland, OR

Maybe it was planted too deep. How deep was it planted?

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"Adam Schneider" wrote in message
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Two Marches ago, we planted a star magnolia in our south-facing front
yard in Portland, Oregon; it bloomed profusely. Last year, it bloomed
some, but not as much as the first year. This year, the other star
magnolias on our street bloomed beautifully in March, but ours didn't
bloom at all! The leaves appear to be perfectly healthy, it just
never generated flower buds.

What would cause this? Any ideas?


Adam Schneider
Portland, OR

On Apr 12, 3:52 am, "symplastless" wrote:

Maybe it was planted too deep. How deep was it planted?

As the garden center recommended: the top of the root ball (it had
been bagged & burlapped) was just visible above the ground.

Adam