Ask A Scientist© Botany Archive

name         Janet B.
status       other
age          40s

Question -   Do not know if this is the proper place for this
question, but I am wondering if someone could speculate on why my
flowering crab and magnolia trees did not bloom this spring. The leaves
on both are very healthy, but they produced no flowers. The crab was
planted two years ago (it bloomed last year) and the magnolia was
planted one year ago. We had heavy snow cover most of this past winter.
Could that be the reason? Thank you.
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You might want to check with your local agricultural extension office on
these trees in your area/region.  Perhaps related to severe winter
temperatures.

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.
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