Shade Gardening: Another shady site problem, 0 by Terry

Terry wrote:
We have a Magnolia grandiflora tree smack-dab front-and-center in our back yard. (At least it is now; until two years ago, there was an apple tree planted 10' - if that - right in front of it. Two years of hauling off loads of rotten apples and watching both trees fight for air and sunlight made the decision to cut down the apple tree fairly easy.)

Anyway, here's a shot of this poor thing, as you can see someone had the bright idea of limbing it up (not us!), and it'll never achieve it's full glory, but it is starting to develop an almost-normal shape again (did I mention the previous owners also sheared it into a rounded crown???)

to be continued...