I'd like to have a small magnolia - don't know how it would fit in on our lot (an apartment building with a very big lot - pines and maples, so it's acidic soil).

I'm wondering if you could get one going by just taking a cutting.

Maybe that's the way you could get it - have a go at it and if it doesn't work well, take it out.

I have a jane magnolia. i think it is one of the little sister mags that were bred together (jane, ann, betty & ???
were the first 4, but i think there are another 3 of them all together)

any hoot, i'm happy with my jane-- it took me 2 years to find one (its 4 years old now) but i see a lot of them in the market in the last 2 years. Mine is about 8 foot tall and about 6 foot wide, supposed to get to 15 feet and about 10 feet. I think that betty is supposed to be in the same size range.

This past spring was the first year that i had a good flower display-- I bought a 'charlie brown' tree at the end of the summer at 70% off original price.(it was a 3 stemmer, about 5'x3', with a broken root ball that cost me
$69.00 + $35 to deliver and plant it-- no guarantee) It took a lot of care the first to years and then has shaped up nicely.
they are supposed to be small forms and hardy-- as well as late bloomers.

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