Large magnolia has growths on the trunk - how to remove
stanley_lu
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7 years agocearbhaill (zone 6b Eastern Kentucky)
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Comments (16)Hi All, Jean, thank you for the link help! Brandon, the Garden Photo Gallery is the right place. However, I had to click on Great Gardens in the box on the right to post my picture. I picked "Great Gardens" because there wasn't an "Ugly Damage" category. The categories were all pretty names. LOL The damage on the tree is pointed toward the southwest so sun damage in freezing temperatures could be a possibility. We did have a week this Winter where it warmed up to the 60's for a couple/three days then immediately dropped back down to freezing again. I always worry about my crape myrtles when that happens but I guess I should worry more about the magnolia. The parking lot was landscaped a few years ago to reflect our new ordinance requiring all new parking lots to have landscaping instead of being barren black top. The guys who work at planning and zoning next door were nice enough to line the lot with many different shrubs and ornamental grasses. They did great work. The lot is long and skinny and one-way. At the entrance to the left is a triangular heavily mulched shrub bed with evergreen short shrubs across the front and the magnolia sitting behind them. Our golden vickory privet hedge lines it on the property line. So, the magnolia has a nice corner to set in. I must confess I always wanted a magnolia and don't have the room in my yard now. So, when the city representatives (this was very kind of them by the way) asked what I'd like to have there (since it was so close to our yard), you all can guess what I wanted. LOL That is why I treat this magnolia as my own even though it actually belongs to the city. They are pretty good about mulching and weeding. I am the one who sneaks over there at 5:00, feeds,weeds, and waters it during droughts. :-) That is why it is quite healthy other than the damage. It has the most wonderful smell when it blooms and it is just now big enough to really take off. Thanks everyone! J...See MoreMagnolia growth
Comments (10)Thank you both for your quick reply. As you can see in the photo, the right side of the magnolia is more thinly branched than the left side. Also, on the ground behind it, are the logs from the maple. It was cut yesterday, and was aprox. sixty feet tall. There was an ash tree to the left of the maple, which was also removed yesterday, but not pictured. I've been here forty two years, and both maple and ash were mature trees back then. It was like loosing two very old friends. Our ash trees here in Vermont, are in jeopardy of being lost to a borer and a disease. Which is why we asked to have them removed. The maple has many babies growing on my property, so I have that to look forward to, along with hundreds of sugar maples. I'm glad to hear your opinion that it will eventually fill in....See MorePropagate Truncheons, Large Branch Cuttings / Stems, Trunk Cuttings
Comments (4)I think some of us would be interested in your results, but it's not something that every gardener has tried. I've read about propagating different types of trees from truncheons. I've never heard of propagating a crApe myrtle that way, although I wouldn't be surprised if it worked. After all, a truncheon is just a large cutting (although there are some pluses and minuses compared to smaller cuttings). I am wondering why you used the glue. Sealing the cut is often useful for storing cuttings in relatively dry environments, but here your growing media should have enough moisture to prevent desiccation. I'm also wondering if removing most of the leaves was a good idea. After all, one of the big advantages of truncheons is that they are supposed to have more stored energy and moisture to push though the time before roots develop. More leaves would mean more food production for growing roots. I do not know whether it would be better to keep the leaves or not, I am just wondering about the rational for removing them. Keep good records and let us know what happens!...See MorePruning to achieve a ‘trunk heavy’ magnolia
Comments (22)you can lift the canopy .. do any of these look like what you are looking for: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Magnolia+%27Ann%27&t=ffcm&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetreecenter.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fann-magnolia-tree-1.jpg i was hoping to find pix of ann in bonsai form.. but i cant ... which is basically pruning roots and the parts above.. to the extreme of reducing growth ... it is quite an art.. to make these look the way you want ... the logic being.. why cant you make them.. in normal size.. look like what you want ... bottom line ... its your shrub.. and you can do anything you want with it ... nothing really dies from pruning done properly .. and you can shape it into anything you want ... regardless of the plants natural shape/proclivities ...its done all the time .. on all kinds of shrubs ... and by lift the canopy.. i mean removing lower side branches.. exposing the trunks ... which.. again ... is what your title seems to imply .... ken...See Moresharpyling
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