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| I live on a college campus in North Carolina and a 30ft Japanese Magnolia is the main feature of our quad's courtyard. I've seen what happens in years past when frost gets the blooms, and it's really unfortunate... Is there anything we can do to protect them? |
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| Not unless you want to ask the campus to go to the expense of erecting a large fabric structure each time frost threatens. |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Wed, Feb 13, 13 at 21:03
| Don't the fruit tree orchard folks actually fan and mist their trees sometime to fight the frost? I would have one of them by if you must, otherwise let nature take its course. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 15, 13 at 7:46
| a tree that grows to 30 feet does NOT need protection ... the whims of mother nature are unpredictable.. and we cope with the loss of flowers.. in bad years ... so be it ... the courtyard/quad itself.. being undefined.. could be the cause of the problem ... causing premature budding.. too early in the season due to its protective nature/microclimate ... instead of forcing your aesthetic on ma nature.. you should glory in the wonders of her ... well.. this is where gardeners start cussing.. lol .. with my saucer mag.. in MI .... if i get a great show every third year.. i am happy ... last year it bloomed .. TWO MONTHS EARLY.. and that evening was promptly obliterated by a freeze ... cant wait for this year. ... ken
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| Don't the fruit tree orchard folks actually fan and mist their trees sometime to fight the frost? That would be cool - I can see the dorms going out at night with their fans and some bongs and making smoke and mist to protect the tree - a frost party! I met this total hottie at the frost party last night and we exchanged digits! |
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| This is probably a saucer magnolia as well. |
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| Japanese magnolia=saucer magnolia=tulip tree - all 'common' names I'm familiar with for Magnolia x soulangeana - and probably applied to many of the similar liliflora/nigra hybrids and their ilk. Common in my native Southeastern U.S. for them to flower early, get nuked by frost/freeze, and be festooned with drooping brown petals, like so many soiled diapers hanging in the branches. It's pretty much the normal m.o. for this plant in that climate. Unlikely that the college will go to any expense (nor should they) to protect the blooms. |
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| 'Galaxy' and the Kosar and De Vos hybrids were selected for later bloom for this reason. But if an area even has M. liliiflora getting frosted these would probably get hit has well. |
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| My advice will vary dependent upon the school. ;) |
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