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Index of Subjects My thanks to you for this Sheila, as well as to Jim and Ken, Responses are pointing to the pollinating beetle being the culprit. I shall continue investigating a bit more..... Eleanor Lindsay Sheila Stevenson wrote: > Eleanor, > > I forwarded your query to John Weagle, a plantsman whose reply follows: > > "Was the Magnolia when removed from pot in very heavy soil? Is the > growth very fast and luxuriant? > If, no to latter then it has a root problem. Dig immediately, wash > heavy soil off and replant in good garden soil - plant a bit high as > water around base of trunk in winter causes basal rot. > Holes in flowers if round and not huge are caused by pollinating > beetles. Bigger holes with ragged edges indicates bird damage." > > > > > > Sheila Stevenson > 17 Stanbrae Rd > Fergusons Cove > Nova Scotia > B3V 1G4 > 902 479-3740 phone > smstevenson@eastlink.ca > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Lindsay" > <az678@chebucto.ns.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:14 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Saucer magnolia: help needed > > >> I have a saucer magnolia which is approx. 6ft high and which was >> planted 5 years ago. For the past two springs many of the flower buds >> have had small holes bored into them; some of these buds do not open >> at all and the ones that do have deformed petals. I now notice that >> quite a lot of the leaves have small, irregular holes in them - >> presumably these two findings are connected... does anyone have >> suggestions as to what the cause and best treatment might be? >> Hopefully, >> Eleanor Lindsay, >> Seabright, St Margarets Bay > > >
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