i know you can do pix... lets see it ...

ken

You said, "pulled it up", if you did, you may have issues.

Magnolias do NOT transplant well at all. Yes, I have transplanted smaller ones and even a larger one (when I moved to a new house), but that was in Spring or Summer. Moving in November though, I don't know. I am usually an optimist, but this does not sound good. Wait and see what happens in the Spring but prepared to restock in the meantime.

You should give some kind of regional depiction instead of "none" so people have an idea what might be happening with the issues you bring here. For instance your magnolia might be losing the tips because it got cold where you are recently ('Little Gem' is more tender than usual) or it might be a fungus problem (which 'Little Gem' is prone to in the PNW).

I will post pics later when at home.
I live in central Arkansas Zone 7B

It is not "that" cold where i am. And the sun has been out shining and we have not had many night below freezing.

Only the tips are wilting/drooping/limping. the rest of the leaves look fine.

Zone 7 is the edge for 'Little Gem'. But wilting + transplanting sounds like root damage affecting the top.

listen up mr bean ...

you planted a lot of dormant stuff.. late in fall ...

your only option on everything.. is to WAIT AND SEE ... and it drives US all nuts ...

i surely dont mind speculating on it all .. but just to be sure you understand... there will be no clear answers until spring ....

so if it helps to talk about it all.. lets go for it ...

but on some level for me.. i tend to plant and forget.. and worry about it in spring ... or cuss about it.. lol ..

now lets see those pix ...

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

Ok, here is the first pic.....

and here is a second pic of a branch with a leaf starting to wilt. i guess i should just be lucky it is not the entire plant.....

With those black blotches it could be fungal or bacterial.

It also looks like some tender late growth might have gotten zapped by frost. How cold has it gotten there so far this winter?

This tree was shipped in from florida.
I think the lowest it has gotten so far is 25 degrees.

28 degrees is the point where you start to see tissue damage on susceptible plants.