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just recieved a magnolia i ordered as a offer in the gardening news , it over a mtr
high very bare with a small stumpy root. i,v put it in a large pot full of general purpose compost and watered well . there were no instructions  
has any body elses started off like this it cost £5 so if it grows it will be a bargin
marg :-\

Marg sounds about the same size as when i got mine back in the good old days of 1991  ;D

We paid the grand sum of seventeen squid which of course then was a lot to pay, its a 'magnolia Susan' and i just stuck it in the ground and prayed....lol

Sixteen years on, ive had so much pleasure from it and i have the added bonus that the blue tits love it too.

I reckon youv'e got yourself a right good bargain there  ;)

It is vital with Magnolia to plant the tree at the same depth as before. While this is normal advice for most plantings, Magnolia will drown if the 'above-ground' bark is put below soil surface.

Thankyou ther might be some hope for it then :) it lookes bare and sad at the moment  i did plant it up to what looked like the earth line i remember reading alan titchmarches advise on planting trees , i forgot the finel thing he says tou have to do though he says you have to stand back and say "grow yer b****r grow do you think it will listen to me if i do it now?
marg ;D

just dug this thread out to say the dead looking magnolia stump is showing signs of life :D just 1 little bud at the top but where theirs life theres hope
marg

I bought 3 magnolia seedlings for 50 pence each 10 years ago and they all did well.  They were all dug up and moved when 5 years old and 2 years ago we moved again. The magnolia kobus at 8 years old was by now too big to move, but magnolia stellata and the purple magnolia lilliflora "nigra" were uprooted and moved again. They are both in tip top condition. It appears that they are tough plants.

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments1_homepage.html

We have a stellata that has just finished ... a wonderful sight at this time of year!
8)

yes saddad thats the one i,v got the root was just a stump i it didn,t stand a chance just go,s to show
marg

I bought a magnolia ten years ago from Bluebell Nurseries, I picked it up at the 'foot long stick' stage. The description of a yellow magnolia that didn't get too big, variety 'Butterfly' was enough to convince me to buy it. We had not long moved to this house, so I planted it not having any plans exactly where it should go. It took 6 years to get to flowering size, but look at it now.....