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floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 19:12:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on Apr 6, 2011 19:12:31 GMT Some suggestions please ;D. I like magnolia liliiflora but may be alittle big do you think??? . Ive seen a standard from T&M but what others would be ok in a small(ish) garden???

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Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 19:46:57 GMT

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I've got M soulangeana and althought Magnolias are not supposed to like being clipped ....where this one is at the side of a path and near next doors boundary.... I do clip it both sides so it is eventually getting fan shaped...appears to be loving it going by the flowers ;D

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floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 20:09:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on Apr 6, 2011 20:09:05 GMT Thanks i'll look at that one too, how big dos it get??

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 20:49:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Apr 6, 2011 20:49:37 GMT 20 foot
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floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 20:55:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on Apr 6, 2011 20:55:21 GMT Lol too big

floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 20:57:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on Apr 6, 2011 20:57:09 GMT This kind of size is all i could have www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/all-other-seeds-and-plants/shrubs-and-roses/magnolia-standard/p83553TM Is there any others around 4/6ft?? (Or is this likely to get bigger than they state???)

merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:11:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on Apr 6, 2011 21:11:05 GMT Depending on your age, does it matter, after all they take years to get big

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:15:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Apr 6, 2011 21:15:38 GMT I have a few trees I don't think I will see at their peak ;D
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floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:15:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on Apr 6, 2011 21:15:58 GMT 25 so if i got a large grower it may well be me chopping it down .

merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:17:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on Apr 6, 2011 21:17:11 GMT Apr 6, 2011 21:15:58 GMT floydie said: 25 so if i got a large grower it may well be me chopping it down . You might need the fuel by then !!

merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:20:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on Apr 6, 2011 21:20:03 GMT Pen bought me a Cornus Contraversa Varigata for my 65th birthday, the idea was that I could sit beneath it on a hot day, that was 5yrs ago and it's only 2' tall now!!

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Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:29:42 GMT

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Post by floydie on Apr 6, 2011 21:29:42 GMT

So at 2ft a year growth it would make 10ft by the time I'm 50 (chop chop

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The main reason why i want something smaller is i would have to plant it in towards the middle if the garden (somewere). The top of the garden is not that stable and the wall looks set to collapse with too much pressure

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Id also possibly like something in the front (once we have lifted the paver's) but again will need something small

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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:30:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Apr 6, 2011 21:30:16 GMT Erm how tall are you Merlin? ;D
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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 21:52:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Apr 6, 2011 21:52:46 GMT Just so happens I have got to p55 of May GA and there is a page on this very subject M stellata only grows to 6' maximum even after 20 years but is bushy
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Small Magnolias Apr 6, 2011 22:15:55 GMT

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Apr 6, 2011 21:52:46 GMT steve said:

Just so happens I have got to p55 of May GA and there is a page on this very subject M stellata only grows to 6' maximum even after 20 years but is bushy

Says 15/20ft on wiki

. Is there a sub variety?

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