It is perfectly normal for magnolia trees to lose leaves in spring, but foliage can drop for more alarming reasons – here's when to worry. Drew Swainston. Mon, April 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC.

At this time of year, magnolia trees drop their old foliage. A significant number of leaves yellow and fall in late April and May as the trees come into bloom and start producing new growth ...

cemeteries4_.jpg. Broadleaf evergreen trees and shrubs, such as the Southern magnolia, keep their leaves during the winter. However, leaves do eventually grow old and die.

A. Magnolia leaves turn yellow and drop when they age. At certain times of the year, shedding is heavy in order to put on new leaves. You can't stop the shedding, but good culture will lessen tree ...

Q: Recently I planted a young, 7-foot ‘Little Gem’ magnolia. I’ve watered five days a week, saturating the soil each time. The leaves are dropping.-- M.W., Houston A: It could be transplant ...

Add some vibrant colour to your garden this summer with a twice-blooming magnolia tree that's ready to be planted as soon as ...

Of all the plants of North America with simple leaves, the bigleaf magnolia has the largest -- sometimes easily more than 3 feet long. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Question: Leaves on our magnolia tree have dark spots and they are turning yellow. What is the problem? Answer: Luckily there is no problem this time. The email picture forwarded showed normal leaf… ...

Each leaf that came up this year from the tree can be infected with bacterial blight, but the older leaves appear as if untouched by these black dots. The sweet bay magnolia I saw had leaves that ...

Q. We have four mature, healthy magnolias in our yard — well, make that three. Some weeks back, one started showing signs of what appear to be dying leaves. Most of the branches still seem OK… ...

Q. We have four mature, healthy magnolias in our yard — well, make that three. Some weeks back, one started showing signs of what appear to be dying leaves. Most of the branches still seem OK… ...

Question: Leaves on our magnolia tree have dark spots and they are turning yellow. What is the problem? Answer: Luckily there is no problem this time. The email picture forwarded showed normal leaf… ...