How to Prune Magnolia Tree

Brandon Gallagher-Watson talks about how and when the best time to prune magnolias is.

[maurice]

One the best most concise video on the issue. My 'Alexandrina' is budded up this winter I'll wait to prune after the flower show. 👏 👏

[fleurmal]

The past owners of my house planted a magnolia in the flower bed and it is starting to outgrow it's space. Thanks for the video, I think i will need to trim it this fall.

[louisvl]

wow, didnt expect that extra tip about making a big branch flower inside the house, thxxxx

[mobra]

Thanks for the video! 🙂

I have have a genie magnolia that I bought last summer. This last winter it was drowning in about a foot of water, after a huge rain storm that we had. I dug it up and potted it in a 25 gallon container. Most of the branches have leaves on them again, but some of the taller ends of the branches do NOT. I can't tell if they are showing little nodes or not, but I those ends of the branches have died off, after the water damage. Should I go ahead and prune them off, to hopefully encourage more growth from the areas still producing leaves, or should i leave them and hope for new leaf buds to emerge later on? -Cheers!

[garyjohnson]

So is it too late to prune branches that haven't set buds yet?

[jaymore]

We planted a Magnolia tree a few years ago. At the time it was about 24” currently it’s nearing 8ft. Is there some pruning I should/could do now to improve it shape once it’s matured???