I was thinking of planting a few new trees this fall. Does anyone have a magnolia tree and do you like them? I have found a couple that are hardy for zone 4 where I am. Sunsation and YellowBird.

Hmmm - on second thought, maybe magnolias aren't hardy enough for zone 4. I have been looking and most of them say zone 5. Wayside Gardens has them for sale and say zone 3. I don't know. I'm looking to plant 2 new trees in the front yard...I have mostly evergreens around the farm, have to remove 2 from the front yard because they are dying, and 2 years ago lost a weeping willow due to a new well that was dug. I have never planted a tree and just don't know what to plant.

Hard to see the front yard - but kinda gives you an idea of what I have. I want something that will blend, but different, and have some color in the fall. ??

Patty, have you thought about some type of understory tree like a Dogwood or Redbud? They are nice small trees that bloom in the spring.

Magnolia

Is a tree suited for florida ...

Not cold ..
dodge

magnolias are tolerant of heat, especially southern magnolia & leonard messel. but they are cold hardy also. we have tons of magnolia all over WV & PA.

for flowers and fall color check into cotinus 'smoke tree', brilliant orange in fall.

also, bradford pears, cherry, flowering crabapple,

maples are great for fall color.

ND Farmgirl
Is that pic of your farm? That is great how did you get that pic? If that IS your farm you have a beautiful place.

Buz - yep, that's my home sweet home. Been here for about 10 years, just now starting to DIG IN the yard!

My husband has a plane - owns it with a few other guys. We had pictures taken of all the farms around Page for a book for the 125th anniversary next summer.

ND farm girl - there is a Magnolia where I work that is gorgeous in the spring. (zone 5) I have seen a few that were hardy to zone 4 but can't remember the names. I think that a garden center in your area selling Magnolia's would only sell ones hardy enough. I'd check it out!

Wow - absolutely gorgeous setting. What a beautiful wooded area surrounding the home and barns.

You should be able to find one hardy in your zone. We have a big old magnolia here in our Zone 5. Not sure it's species but it's a old-timer.
Magnolia

Here's a closeup of the blooms.
Magnolia Bloom


Another family in town has one they call "Cucumber Magnolia" but it may not be the style you're looking for.
Cucumber Magnolia

Holy toledo,

gorgous setting an colors.

thanks for sharing.

dodge

hello from madill, ok. i have a southern magnolia, i live in zone 7 in the middle of a pasture. so i am trying to plant a variety of trees. i have a flowering bradford pear (doing quite nicely), a crabapple, a redbud (spider mites got the leaves, but is healthy now) and did have a sycamore (it croaked). my suggestion is try what you like and then try again. caryn

cary

What zone are you ?

I am 5.....

I try many things just for kicks.. SOme grow some dont.
We may get our first frost tonite......
You must be on a farm too.....
The west is so wide open.......And nice.

Take some photos for us to view.

Thanks,

dodge

We've planted several sweetbay magnolias that are doing well so far . . . we're in zone 4. They have beautiful lemon scented blossoms most of the summer and red fruit that comes out in the fall. Definitely a good tree to plant!

LandArt

Any photos for us to see.

I heard they were gorgous.

dodge

I have photos, I'll post them as soon as I can figure out how . . . sorry, not the most savvy when it comes to the computer!

Landart

Maybe I can help ......

You have to upload the photos to a place like

www.photobucket.com
did you ever do that?

Then i can tell you how to put it on here.
Most use that place here.

barb

ok, I've registered on photobucket, will experiment from here and see if I'm successful in getting pictures uploaded. I may need your help yet!

ok, I've got the pictures uploaded to photobucket - now how do I get the pictures from there to here?

Landart,

Good job,

Now what you do is ........got to photobucket,
Go to the photo you wish to show.
you will see under it, 3 lines of words.
the one at the bottom ..Number 3
You left click your mouse on it,
That highlights the box and it turns blue
Now right click your mouse
and the box that drops , select COPY

go to Whereever you wish to place this photo
right click your mouse
select paste,
and that should be it.........

When you preview the post, it will show you the photo.
click add the reply.
always check it with Preview first.

LET ME KNOW if it works..
dodge

Let's see if this works . . .

Hey, good deal! Thanks, dodge! Now I just need to figure out how to post a link so people could click it and view an album of photos . . . can that even be done in a forum environment like this?

Here is a close-up of the flowers.

Land of Art .

Wonderful.......You did it well.

Not sure on that one...
But try this ......When your on pocket bucket,
click on the address box the Http.
Copy that and put it in your message.....Put that in preview, and click it yourself and see if it goes to the site......

Not sure I did that...

Try.
You good at photos too.. Love the magnolia.. Some told me they werent for our area.. But looks like they are.

Glad to help ..

dodge

ok photobucket.

to share address.up at the top you will see invite to albulm you can click it.i think I had to enter some addresses,but when showed the finished thing I then clicked the adress it had copyed& pasted.

you can do multiple photos too ones that are uploaded on one page at a time.them lil boes?put clickes in photos you want to see and then click generate codes at bottom& will list them its easier to use clickable thumbnails for forums or E bay.you copy and paste whats in the box& post to your post.
I'd proably learn more if I sat down and played with it more,but I've learned some good things.


Like your farm.How cool to have a co-op airplane.I don't like to fly,but like the veiws.You'll have to carry your camera more often when you go up.

I like oakleaf hygrandeas for fall color.I'd like maples too,but not many of the maples turn in my mild weather,they don't even lose all their leaves.I got a sugar maple I like well enough.its gets dark red burgandy leaves.it seems to grow pretty fast also Its 4 years old and about 17-20 ft tall.I like my oakleaf hygrandea also.I don't think you'll get as much color as mine get cause the intense heat is what sets its color I think,but they have intresting flowers& bark too boot& even the green leaves when new are pretty.here's a site for them
http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/what_grows_where.html

Thats just the page I was on when searching the coldness part out,but this site will tell all you need to know.I root cuttings of them in winter,they useually take off growing well at 3 years.I have a magnolia tree.I'm letting wisteria take it over to hubbys dismay.they are pretty trees.you can dry the flowers and write on them as paper.my mom loves magnolias is her favorite tree.I did see a sweetbay type one mentioned.hubby was short a helper one day& I did roofing cleanup.I smelled it all day.I was going to grab up some seedlings& was so beat by end of work didn't even grab them up.theirs was an old one next to house,but they had other smaller ones about as well.

When I moved TX from Indpls.I had to ride about in the fall to find stuff that did fall coloring here,then when moved further south had same problem.there are also grasses in colors their is a purple fountain grass,some pompass grass that is pink plumed.I grew the pink in Indpls& surrounded it by mums.
When I work on my pics in photobucket....I'll load the oakleafs up.If you search forum you may find old post with my oakleaf least year& may have a shot in my yahoo album in fall photos.