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Kevin_5 Elburn, IL(Zone 5a) May 02, 2006

This tree has particularly yellow flowers

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Kevin_5 Elburn, IL(Zone 5a) May 02, 2006

Here's a closeup

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) May 02, 2006

Nice, Kevin!
Is that a named cultivar(Butterflies, Elizabeth, etc.), or did you just luck into a yellow-flowered seedling?

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Kevin_5 Elburn, IL(Zone 5a) May 03, 2006

That's just a very yellow M. acuminata, no cultivar.

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treelover3 Minneapolis, MN(Zone 5a) May 03, 2006

Kevin,
Very nice!

Where did you purchase the tree?

You're now going to propagate the tree and distribute it to all of the tree-people on Dave's Garden, correct? (:o) (just kidding; well, not really)

For scientific purposes, I'm pretty sure the tree should be grown in zone 4a, in Minneapolis, just to make sure the tree can handle -30 F and still produce those gorgeous yellow flowers. (:o)
Mike

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) May 03, 2006

Yeah, now you've done it.
Now I've got to start practicing grafting magnolias, so I can entice you out of some scionwood of that sucker - but not until I get the protocol down pat.
One of these days....

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Kevin_5 Elburn, IL(Zone 5a) May 03, 2006

I got the tree at Johnsons Nursery up in Wisconsin if I remember correctly. I will put a call in to them and make sure of its origins. Lucky, you can have as much scion wood as you need!

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) May 03, 2006

Oooooh, that's a nice one!

Too bad magnolias are so susceptible to droughts. We lost a few last year and I'm trying to resist the temptation to plant more. (But, if Lucky is going to start grafting them for us . . . )

Guy S.

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Kevin_5 Elburn, IL(Zone 5a) May 03, 2006

Guy--I think you heard the same thing I did--Lucky offering to graft up untold numbers of this plant to spread around the country. He is SUCH a nice guy! All us vets are fine men. I am waiting to hear back from Johnsons on this tree.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) May 03, 2006

Count me in on some scion wood. That tree is exceptional!

Scott

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