How to Care for Yulan Magnolia Flower (Magnolia Denudata)

The Yulan magnolia has the characteristics of tall and straight upward, beautiful flower appearance. White as jade, sweet as orchid, and long flowering period, the Yulan magnolia is an excellent landscape tree and street tree, and in recent years. The introduction of home bonsais planting is conducive to the city courtyard home greening, beautification. Next, let's learn Yulan magnolia care.

One of the most beautiful flowers in the world is the Yulan Magnolia flower.  These flowers are famous because of their bird-like shape flowers.  Learn more about how to take care of Yulan Magnolia Flower.

Yulan Magnolia Quick Info

Botanical/Scientific Name	Magnolia Denudata
Common Name	Lily Tree, Yulan Magnolia
When to Grow/Bloom/Harvest	Plant in the late fall or winter/Bloom in March
Uses	Ornamental tree in gardens
Origin	China
Light Care	Full sun light
Soil Care	Rich, moisture-retentive soil
Temperature Care	5 - 10℃
Humidity Care	Moisture-retentive
Watering	1 inch of water a week
Pruning Care	Not supposed to be pruned
Fertilizer Care	Slow-release fertilizer
Propagation	Propagated from cuttings
Toxic	Not considered toxic to dogs or cats
Flower Color	Bubble gum pink flowers

When to Plant Yulan Magnolia

Yulan magnolia tree is usually planted in spring and autumn, specifically between March to May and August to October. For yulan magnolia seedlings, we need to choose those that grow vigorously, sprout their roots and have no diseases and pests. Only in this way can they survive better. The plots with sufficient light, soft and good drainage capacity shall be selected. We can dig a big hole first, then put organic fertilizer into it, then put it into the saplings with the soil mass, and then fill and compact it.

Yulan Magnolia Care in Detail

Yulan Magnolia Watering

How many days does yulan magnolia water in spring? Under normal circumstances, it only needs to be watered once in 2-3 days in spring. You can't water too much. You can see that the soil is completely wet, and you must not accumulate water.
High temperature and fast evaporation in summer are also the peak growing season of yulan magnolia. The watering frequency should be improved. How can to water Yulan Magnolia in summer? During the period from summer to late autumn, water it once a day, and keep the basin soil moist. When the temperature rises to more than 30 degrees, we often spray water on the leaf surface to cool down.
The temperature will slowly decrease in autumn, and the water required by the plant will also slowly decrease. How many days does yulan magnolia water in autumn? In autumn, it is generally enough to water once a week. However, autumn is relatively dry. If you see that the basin soil is too dry, pour a little more. Do not water too much to avoid ponding.
Although yulan magnolia is cold-resistant, it will grow slowly in winter. At this time, it does not need too much water, but it cannot be watered. So how to water Magnolia in winter? In winter, water the basin soil after it is completely dry. The watering time is not fixed, but it can be watered once in 20-30 days.

Yulan Magnolia Soil

Yulan magnolia is suitable for growing in slightly acidic soil, preferably deep soil. When we prepare soil for it, it is better to be rich in humus, which can be fully mixed with garden soil, rotten leaf soil, coarse sand and fully decomposed base fertilizer. Such soil has good drainage, and sufficient rotten leaf soil can supplement nutrients required for plant growth and make yulan magnolia grow better.

Yulan Magnolia Light

Yulan magnolia flower blooms for a long time and you can enjoy Yulan Magnolia bird-shaped flowers sometimes! Generally, it needs enough sunshine during the flowering period. With the help of sunshine, yulan magnolia can open more flowers. If yulan magnolia lacks light during the flowering period, its flowering period will end ahead of schedule, but we need to take sunscreen measures at high temperatures.

Yulan Magnolia Temperature

Yulan Magnolia has strong cold resistance. Generally, it has no problem in the environment of minus 5-6 ℃, and can endure the low temperature of minus 20 ℃ in the short term. Yulan Magnolia is a deciduous tree with a height of up to 25m. Its bark will be grayish-brown and its leaves are paper, mostly obovate.

Yulan Magnolia Humidity

Yulan magnolia wants to drill into the water to cool herself in hot summer. But it's not that we put yulan magnolia in the water, but that we should create a humid environment. What should we do? Diligent little friends can spray some water on the leaves of magnolia to maintain humidity. As for the watering of yulan magnolia, the principle of seeing dry and seeing wet will be adopted here. If the soil is too dry, it will harden and dry and inhibit the growth of roots. Too wet is easy to cause root rot, so this method is applicable not only to Yulan Magnolia, but also to most plants.

Yulan Magnolia Fertilizer

Before we propagate Yulan magnolia tree, in order to grow more vigorously after plant colonization, we'd better apply sufficient base fertilizer to the plant. At this time, we can select some livestock manure as base fertilizer or other organic fertilizer.
When the new buds of the plant develop, we'd better select some mature cake fertilizer for it, because the mature fertilizer is more vigorous for the growth of the plant, so as to maintain the plant more robust.
For the growth period of yulan magnolia, the demand for nutrients is very high. Therefore, during the growth period of Magnolia, we'd better apply some nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer or common organic compound fertilizer every 15-20 days.

Yulan Magnolia Pruning

Yulan magnolia pruning is generally not used because it has few branches, but it is not reserved for ornamental purposes. We can cut off the flower stalk after the flower withers to avoid wasting nutrients in the body. In addition, when the tree is aging and flowering is rare, pruning can be used for rejuvenation. The specific method is to cut the poorly growing branches from the base when the leaves are just growing, and then open a circle of ditch on the ground at an equal distance from the periphery of the tree crown, so as to facilitate fertilization and watering and promote the development of new branches. If there are too many new branches, yulan magnolia pruning can be carried out for plastic pruning, and they can be kept preferentially for about 2 ~ 3 years before they can bloom normally. The wound healing ability of yulan magnolia branches is poor, and it is generally appropriate to trim less or not. However, in order to cultivate a reasonable tree shape, we should pay attention to the reasonable layout of trunk and main branches at the seedling stage. For large trees, sparse cutting of long branches, dry branches, disease and insect branches, inward branches and Cross branches can concentrate nutrients and promote more flowering and large flowers. Yulan magnolia pruning should cut off the remaining flowers after the flowers wither and before spreading the leaves. If there is no seed left, the remaining flowers should be cut off.

Yulan Magnolia Repotting

Yulan magnolia repotting should be carried out once every 1 ~ 2 years for small potted plants, and 3 ~ 4 years for large potted plants. Do not turn the pots and change the soil every time in cloudy and rainy days, but in the autumn sun, so that the roots of the plants can quickly adapt to the pot soil and make the white orchids grow better.
Every time yulan magnolia repotting, we first need to select mud tile pots, ceramic pots, etc. according to the plant size. As long as there are containers with drainage holes at the bottom, we also need to mix black soil, pastoral soil and river sand in the ratio of 2:2:1 as basin soil, and nitrogen phosphorus compound fertilizer can be used as base fertilizer.
Generally speaking, when talking about how to carry out yulan magnolia repotting, we can first stop watering and fertilizing the white orchids a week ago, or water a lot around the basin soil the day before yulan magnolia repotting, so that it is easier to take the plants out of the old basin and avoid accidental injury to the roots of the plants. We can treat the rotten roots and put them in the shade for three days.

Yulan Magnolia Pest & Disease Control

Anthrax: This yulan magnolia pest disease causes spots on the leaves of plants. In severe cases, it will lead to leaf abscission and even plant death. After the onset of the disease, we should first cut off the diseased leaves, and then spray it with mancozeb solution for treatment. Root rot: it will cause root rot of diseased plants. After the disease, the diseased plants shall be removed from the basin, trimmed and disinfected and replanted. Insect pests will also affect the growth of yulan magnolia, which will bite the plant and hinder its growth. After birth, the wormhole should be blocked with cotton dipped in dichlorvos liquid.

Yulan Magnolia blossoms

The flowers of yulan magnolia open before the leaves, with 9 petals, white color and fragrant smell and Yulan Magnolia sometimes can blossom Bird-Shaped Flowers. The flowering period of yulan magnolia is from February to March, but it can flower again from July to September. Yulan magnolia blossoms from February to March every year. Its flowers are large, clean white and have strong aroma. It is a good ornamental plant. When breeding yulan magnolia during flowering, we need to ensure that the plant receives 6-8 hours of light every day to propagate photosynthesis, and spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate to magnolia to prolong its flowering period.

Yulan Magnolia Care FAQs

Yulan Magnolia Care for Leaves Falling in Winter

The main reasons for Yulan Magnolia leave falling in winter

• (1) The room temperature is too high or the room temperature is suddenly high and low;
• (2) Improper watering, pot soil suddenly dry and wet;
• (3) Doors and Windows are too closed, the indoor air is too dry;
• (4) Room temperature is too low;

Why Are My Yulan Magnolia Leaves Falling?

When we first saw the leaves of Yulan Magnolia falling, the cause of falling leaves is found immediately, and the appropriate medicine is applied, it can still be remedied. The remedies are as follows:

• (1) The room temperature should be kept at 5 ~ 10℃, and light should be given appropriately;
• (2) watering can not be arbitrary when the potting soil dry can be properly watered;
• (3) when the climate is warm, pay attention to often open the window ventilation, indoor need to regularly spray water to maintain the air humidity..

Yulan magnolia care for leaves thin and no flowers

• (1) The soil. Choose fertile loose, drainage good partial acid soil, such as leaf rot soil or garden soil add 1/5 vinegar slag mixed medium.
• (2) Fertilizer. Planting when joining a small amount of organic fertilizer, in the growth season (5 - September), every other week to apply 1 time of rare organic fertilizer. If yellow leaves appear in the process of planting and raising, they should be sprayed with 0.1 {BF} ferrous sulfate solution once a week and sprayed continuously for 3 times.
• (3) Water. Always keep the soil moist, not too wet, also can not be short of water. In the high-temperature season, often spray water to the foliage and the surrounding environment, to increase the humidity of the air. In winter, we should control watering, with the same room temperature clean water wipe the leaf surface.
• (4) Light. Yulan magnolia requires adequate light. Before the high-temperature season and afternoon, appropriately shade.
• (5) Temperature. In winter temperature should be kept at about 12℃, the night temperature should be kept above 5℃.

Those in the basin. Every other year needs to change the basin 1 time, the time should be in early spring. Trim. We should appropriately prune to remove weak technology, disease and insect branches, but can not prune roots. Each year in early spring, when Yulan Magnolia moves out of the house and after the flowers, the lower old leaves are removed.

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