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Magnolia Leaves Curling & Going Brown

meme.masonmeme.mason Posts: 5
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I have a magnolia tree which I planted about 2 years ago. Over the last few days all the new leaves have started curling and going brown & the older leaves have brown spots forming, any ideas? 

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    Frost - see here:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • meme.masonmeme.mason Posts: 5
    Thanks BobTheGardener I’m just down the road from you in Derbyshire, I was starting to think it was something I’d done 👍🏻 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    edited May 2020
    Late frosts are always a problem for magnolias but this year it came after the flowers had pretty much finished.  In other years, I've woken up to see what was a glorious display of magnolia flowers the previous day now reduced to a carpet of petals beneath the trees.  It's just something we have to accept when growing them in the UK.  Other than the late frost issue they are trouble-free trees though. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • meme.masonmeme.mason Posts: 5
    Its the first time I’ve had one so I wasn’t sure, hope that the leaves grow back as it’s was coming on beautifully 
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