Magnolia disease
My magnolia tree is not well. The leaves are drying going brown and curling - as in the pictures. I keep chopping bits off and then it spreads to another part. I tried spraying with a fungicide - twice but that had no effect.
It has big purple buds and large white flowers. It's a smallish tree, I guess six foot. It has always been really splendid.
I also noticed that it has suffered some damage to the bark in a few places, which looks like a an animal has removed some of the bark in a few isolated patches.
Is it on it's way out? Its there a cure? Please help!
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How big are the patches on the trunk of your magnolia? If they are extensive the growing layer under the bark (the cambium layer) might have been damaged and this will lead to sections of the tree dying.
If it all looks like that it is dying, sorry. Could put up a photo of the bark damage?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks for coming back on this Ladybird44 I'll post a pic of the bark tomorrow when it's light.
Right here are a couple of pics of the where the bark has gone, however it's worth pointing out that these are not necessarily on the dying sections of the tree or indeed the parts that I have already removed.
(not sure why the images have come out rotated through 90 degrees?)
Parts of this plant may struggle on for a while but I fear it's dying
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes I am not hopeful - nutcutlet. Thanks for responding.
Right now I am blaming the Squirrels for damaging the bark which subsequently exposed it to disease...
deer have rubbed bark on some trees here. Muntjac at low level and Roe deer higher up. Are they in your area? They seem to choose particular trees and keep at them, others untouched. I've left the damaged ones, I thought if I removed those the deer would choose more.
In the sticks near Peterborough
My garden is enclosed so no deer - I am in Somerset UK!
my garden is far from enclosed, near Peterborough uk
In the sticks near Peterborough
Having seen your pictures of the bark damage I am in agreement with nutcutlet. That is quite severe.