Magnolia tree - susan. planted new 3months ago from pot, leaves yellow, going brown and falling off.?

thought this was an evergreen, have also been told that it is growing new shots but it still looks as if it is dying? help please!

Magnolia tree - susan. planted new 3months ago from pot, leaves yellow, going brown and falling off.?
Hi taff Magnolia Susan is a decidious shrub ie drops its leaves in autumn. bushy and upright with large mid-green leaves. From mid-spring to midsummer, narrow goblet-shaped, fragrant flowers emerge from slender, dark purple-red buds. These open to slightly twisted petals of purple-red on the outside and paler on the inside.


Position: full sun or partial shade


Flowering period: April to June


Flower colour: fragrant, purple-red fully hardy


Garden care: Requires minimal pruning. Remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches after flowering. Plant in a sheltered spot, adding plenty of peat to the planting hole. Mulch in spring .


Dont worry - it will be fine. cheers pendelli
Reply:Well that is surprising! Perhaps it has something to do with it being autumn lol
Reply:Magnolia trees are evergreen in the south and southwest. They might be deciduous in colder northern type zones.





If you bought it at your local nursery ask them if it is an evergreen...ask for a manager or horticultist.





Magnolias do tend to drop foliage after being planted or transplanted but usually only older leaves will fall off and new ones will replace the old ones. Hmmm kind of like people.





These trees do like lots of water they are not drought tolerant.


Every other day during the hot summer months and about 3-4 times a month during winter.
Reply:Magnolia Trees are finicky trees. If the leaves are falling off and turning brown, the plant could be in shock, that happened to me when I planted my Crape Myrtle. Give it time and it will grow back. However you should check to make sure the roots are not to wet. Take a stick and put it down in the ground next to the tree about 6" and if the dirt sticks to the stick, it is getting to much water. Also Magnolias don't like there roots touched. I would plant the tree in the ground. Mix the soil with some good compost, plant the tree and add mulch.
Reply:Magnolia 'Susan' is a deciduous tree.
Reply:I have one of these and they do lose there leaves
Reply:There are evergreen and deciduous Magnolias, which do you have. Magnolia grandiflora is the evergreen tree which has thick leathery leaves, the deciduous ones have thinner leaves which will go brown and fall off in the fall.





They are sensitive plants and will sometimes drop all their leaves when transplanted. Hopefully it will be fine in the spring if you did a good planting job and kept it watered through the summer.
Reply:it's autumm these plants do lose their leaves and grow new ones in the spring after they flower


you just leave them alone for now and prune if required after the flowers have dropped off