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I have a magnolia 'susan'. I'm not sure if it has survived this very
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"Greenfingers???" wrote in message oups.com... I have a magnolia 'susan'. I'm not sure if it has survived this very frosty winter? I see no reason why this winter or any other winter would cause any problems to Magnolias. AFAIK they are very tough. If it does not survive then I would guess that the problem lies elsewhere and not with frost/snow. |
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thanks. hillhouse nursery looks good
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"Sacha" wrote in message id... On 15/3/06 23:07, in article , "Greenfingers???" wrote: I have a magnolia 'susan'. I'm not sure if it has survived this very frosty winter? It probably will because it's fully hardy but it's possible that any buds will have been frosted and it won't flower this year. Neither will our M. campbellii, I fear. ;-( -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) Does frost actually damage the unopened buds or is it the frost that damages the open flowers? I've seen flowers browned by fast thawing from the early morning sun -does the same happen to the buds? I guess the M. campbelli is a fairly early one particularly in your location. |
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On 16/3/06 0:11, in article , "Rupert"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... On 15/3/06 23:07, in article , "Greenfingers???" wrote: I have a magnolia 'susan'. I'm not sure if it has survived this very frosty winter? It probably will because it's fully hardy but it's possible that any buds will have been frosted and it won't flower this year. Neither will our M. campbellii, I fear. ;-( Does frost actually damage the unopened buds or is it the frost that damages the open flowers? I've seen flowers browned by fast thawing from the early morning sun -does the same happen to the buds? I guess the M. campbelli is a fairly early one particularly in your location. The frost damages the buds in our case. I haven't seen flowers damaged by frost but perhaps that's because of the locations in which I've gardened. Here, the M. campbelli is in the churchyard adjacent to the garden. Ray planted it about 12 or so years ago as his own memorial! But he's now beginning to think he might have done better to plant something that buds and flowers later. As you know, this particular Magnolia takes years to come to blooming size but this one surprised us by suddenly budding about 3 years ago. Unhappily, it's been hit by frost two out of those three years so we've only seen it actually flower once. It's still quite a youngster but it's a wonderful sight. I must remember to go down to that end of the garden today and have a proper look at it. I can't see it from the house. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message id... On 16/3/06 0:11, in article , "Rupert" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... On 15/3/06 23:07, in article , "Greenfingers???" wrote: I have a magnolia 'susan'. I'm not sure if it has survived this very frosty winter? It probably will because it's fully hardy but it's possible that any buds will have been frosted and it won't flower this year. Neither will our M. campbellii, I fear. ;-( Does frost actually damage the unopened buds or is it the frost that damages the open flowers? I've seen flowers browned by fast thawing from the early morning sun -does the same happen to the buds? I guess the M. campbelli is a fairly early one particularly in your location. The frost damages the buds in our case. I haven't seen flowers damaged by frost but perhaps that's because of the locations in which I've gardened. Here, the M. campbelli is in the churchyard adjacent to the garden. Ray planted it about 12 or so years ago as his own memorial! But he's now beginning to think he might have done better to plant something that buds and flowers later. As you know, this particular Magnolia takes years to come to blooming size but this one surprised us by suddenly budding about 3 years ago. Unhappily, it's been hit by frost two out of those three years so we've only seen it actually flower once. It's still quite a youngster but it's a wonderful sight. I must remember to go down to that end of the garden today and have a proper look at it. I can't see it from the house. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) I had not realised it was so early. It does look like a super plant. For clarification. The frost damage I have seen on flowers has been as a result of fast thawing frost on the ends of the part opened buds--usually the common Soulangia. The white shows the damage as a brown stain on the ends of the petals-it's less noticeable on the darker varieties. Same sort of damage that one gets on Camelias. |
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