curling leaves and flowers genie magnolia

We live around Birch Cliff in Toronto and planted this Genie Magnolia at the end of April. Unfortunately all leaves and flowers are coming curly. We are watering it every day, it is planted in sunny spot in sandy soil.…

Saucer Magnolia

At the beginning I thought that it was a sort of a shock resulting from transplant. I inserted 3 sticks of fertilizer in the ground about 10 days ago, but I don’t see a big improvement. We asked the landscaper…

Magnolia flowers browning

Why are the magnolia trees looking more brownish than pink and not dropping their leaves as in other years? Thank you. I heard about you on CBC Toronto.…

Magnolia recommendations

Hello. After 30 years, my mother’s Star magnolia has died and we would like to get her another one. She would like the same kind, but in case we have trouble finding it, are there others you can recommend, suitable…

Black Tulip Magnolia

My black tulip magnolia has some damage to its trunk. How can I repair this? The bark is stripped to the bare trunk – about nine inches and there is a crack in the trunk. I do not want to…

Genie magnolia

We ae smitten with the Genie magnolia although we haven’t yet committed ourselves to one. Our neighbour has a senior, huge, Sauce magnolia and In our garden we have 4 various smaller magnolia and all are doing well. Our neighbour…

New Magnolia Tree

We put in a Magnolia tree this year it’s almost six feet tall.(western exposure full sun) I just need to know what to do with it before we get any frost. Is it safe to say it will need to…

Seed Pod

Thank you for identifying this seed pod. We have decided that we will plants the seeds. We noticed that the tree had different shaped pods, do we need to find a “male” and a “female” seed pod or do we…

Seed Pod

We came across this seed pod in Craigleigh Gardens, Rosedale, Toronto. It came from quite a large tree nearby. Can you please identify what it is? We think we might plant it in our garden. We wondered if it was…