Magnolia Tree?

JMurph

Hi all

After the frozen winter killed a couple of plants in my garden, I have despatched them, but now am left with a few gaps. I picked up a wee jasmine plant in lidl the other day, and my neighbour has a tree that I think is beautiful, and I think its a magnolia tree.

I got the jasmine because it was a bargain, but I'm not sure how easy it will be to grow, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. And any advice on whether to get a magnolia tree and if so how/where it is best put would also be welcome.

Thanks for all your expertise and advice.

morg_monster

The only advice I can give is that I know some magnolias can get REALLY REALLY big! So make sure you find a type that fits in the space you have available. We have a magnolia stellata which is I think a smaller one but still I think it could grow much bigger than the space we have for it (it wasn't us who planted it!).

elsien

Plus consider where you live - some of the more traditional magnolias flower earlier and are liable for the flowers to get zapped by frost, depending on how sheltered you are.
I also have a magnolia stellata - came as a freebie saying dwarf magnolia so I stuck it in a pot where it has lived happily for a couple of years but is now getting a bit big. When I googled it has an eventual height of 3m and spread of 4m.
Which I hope I can keep under control by pruning, but it does just go to show that "dwarf" is a comparative term!

Jasmine is quite easy to grow - what type is it? Some of them are a bit rampant - I bought the wrong one and the flowers were too small, barely scented and hidden by the foliage so I got rid in the end. Whereas next doors smells lovely and seems to thrive on being ignored.