Hi Vic, I would love to have a magnolia tree! Been tempted many times to buy one and never have. I look forward to trading with you again if there is something I can send you, other than the ones I was supposed to send.

Thosedarnsqurls - I'm sorry to say that I do not know the species of this tree. Kjnorris918 - I will just include some in your SASE you are sending for the kohlrabi. :)

We have many cabbage palms in the swampy areas of our 3 acres. Also there are many water oaks, some live oaks and many pines and a few swamp magnolias. I suffer for sun here. The main planting areas are near the house and they are somewhat shaded by two very large pines. Next to them is a lone cabbage palm that shades this area too much for my needs. The other co-owner of the property will not let me cut that palm down. Unfortunately for them, it is succumbing to a strange thing that is slowly killing the tree..... On the other hand, this person wants the pines down and as soon as we gather the funds it shall be done. But, it will be done in a way that serves the roses. I have an E Veyrat Hermanos, grafted to fort. This rose shall be pillared onto one of the pines that will be topped and left with a fifteen foot stump. These pines leave a very strong core of "fat wood" that takes a VERY long time to decompose. So I expect the pillars to last. I have not decided on the rose for the other pine. To have a tree topped here is quite a bit cheaper then having them completely removed. We were quoted $600 for this work on these two pines and included was another pine that will be taken down completely. It is not healthy.

Lack of bloom could indicate a need for better cultivation, such as mulching, fertilizing, watering...starved and stunted magnolias are common on our glacial soils. Magnolias are ancient trees adapted to old, deep soils like might be found in southern bottomlands and Asian mountain valleys. Aborting of early flowers could be frost injury, lilac blight also seems to be fairly common on magnolias here. Second wind in summer or fall is frequent among lily magnolia hybrids such as saucer magnolia.