"frazzled" wrote in message
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I have just bought a small magnolia grandiflora goliath (approx. one metre
tall).It has three branches. I have never written to here before, & am in
need of some advice. I would like to know if anyone can tell me how to
trim/cut it to make it bushy & not let it grow too big. So it is like a
nice
big bush rather than the huge tree it could become. I am new to gardening,
but I am very patient & am willing to wait years to achieve the end
result.Please help me. Thank-you in anticipation, Fiona.
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It is not easy to advise. You have already made your choice~~ M.
grandiflora is potentially a large growing wall shrub though can be free
standing. To make it, as you wish, you could reduce growths in early spring
but it seems so painful~~and probably very many years without flowering ; if
at all.
Is it too late to suggest that you find a high wall to grow it
against?~ it would look at its best and take little room.
There are many Magnolias that would have naturally grown as you wish [
M. stellata etc.] Your choice is the most unlikely.
Sorry not to be more helpful.
Brian.