Re: Magnolia buds
- Subject: Re: Magnolia buds
- From: S* S*
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 07:59:29 -0400
Don, I just went and looked at our M. sieboldii and I couldn't tell the
difference between leaf and flower buds and our plant has bloomed reliably for
the last 3-4 years.I couldn't tell from the picture either. I would say that it
is too early, last year ours bloomed on the 14th of June in Plymouth,New
Hampshire, could you be that far ahead of us.Steve
Don Martinson wrote:
>
> The types of magnolias commonly seen here in Wisconsin (M.
> soulangiana, M. stellata, M. x loebneri) seem to form their flower
> buds in the fall, and are noticeable all winter.
>
> I have had a Magnolia sieboldii for several years and it has not yet
> bloomed. Since I saw no fat flower buds over the winter, I thought
> that it would not flower this spring either. However, when examining
> the breaking buds the other day, I observed the following:
>
> http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/bud.jpg
>
> Might this be the beginning of a flower bud? Are there species of
> Magnolia that do not show large flowering buds over the winter?
>
> --
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@execpc.com
>
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