Magnolia 'Genie'

Planting Advice for Magnolia 'Genie':

• Grow in well-drained soil in full sun, provide shelter from cold winds which can damage the buds.
• Water your potted plant well.
• Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.
• Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure alonf with some ericaceous compost to the earth removed from the hole.
• Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
• Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.
• Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
• Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
• Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Aftercare Advice for your Magnolia 'Genie':

• Water 'Genie' well and regularly for the first few months until established.
• Do not allow plants to dry out in the first season after planting. Once established, they will become much more tolerant to a lack of water, as the root system develops.
• Once planted, keep the area free of competing weeds.
• Apply a general-purpose fertiliser and a generous layer of mulch around the base of the plant after planting and thereafter annually.

Pruning Advice for Magnolia 'Genie':

• There is no real need to prune, simply remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches in midsummer when the tree is in full leaf.