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Name: Janet B.
Status: other
Age: 40s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 1999-2001
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.

Replies:
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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