Southern Magnolia after winter.......

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:00 am

Here's an update for my southern Magnolia 'Edith Bogue'. Overall not bad. The oldest leaves turned more brown than the newer leaves.

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Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:52 am

Tim- What was your winter low? It really doesn't look bad!

ROBRETI · Post by **ROBRETI** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:36 pm

Very beautiful! And nice size, too.
My Little Gem got brown all over, but first winter, pretty tough weather, etc...
I still have hope, because the shoots are flexible...

Rob

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:39 pm

Hi Paul,

low was -4F (-20C) at local school.

Hi Rob,

little gem may be a tad less hardy than Edith Bogue. I'll have to check with Bill MA who lives in the bordering Town from me. He's got a couple big ones he brought up from the south. This was their 2nd winter outside.

damir · Post by **damir** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:23 am

great tim! i like grandiflora too. i planted one two weeks before,small plant about 50 cm high. also i have grown 3 edith bogue from seeds. this one i've planted outside is not edith bogue and i think less hardy. it has some leaf burned. if it dies in winter, edith bogue comes to it's place.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:51 am

Tim,
thanks for the report.
Southern Magnolia proved themselves hardy around here. They did better than most other BLE--equal to Ilex; only Boxus was perhaps better (although I've seen a few of those dead). Leaf damage like yours, but even young ones survived.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:17 pm

Beautiful tree Tim!

Scotty's got an Edith Bogue too.

BTW anybody heard from Scotty?

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:33 pm

Looks GREAT!!! I think it'd survive here in my climate unprotected. Lake Michigan keeps my temperature up a good amount in the winter.

Where can I buy a good size one of these online?

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:56 am

lucky1 wrote:Beautiful tree Tim!

Scotty's got an Edith Bogue too.

BTW anybody heard from Scotty?

I've seen some posts, but not on here. He claims to have taken a video, which I am keen to see!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:53 am

wxman,
can you take a roadtrip down south? I do that to bring things home from Texas. If you can drive down to even St. Louis you can probably find a big one. --Erik

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:22 pm

Tim,

Lake Michigan keeps you warm?.......don't you still have a few feet of snow on the ground? USGS called me up and said they were gonna start monitoring the snow in your yard since it's approaching glacier size... LOL Your area seems pretty cold....what was your low and max day low?

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:50 pm

Tim -

I rarely get below -10 in the winter while places 20 miles west of me see -25.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:20 pm

Hi Tim,

a southern Mag would be a good test in your area......let us know how it performs.