Magnolia woes

Hello!

I noticed this first last year (but in honesty it could have been the case for years). The tree gives a decent flush of flowers , however when the leaves fork as they are now a lot of them are brown round the edges and eventually to quite crispy. I put last year down to a bad year, but twice in a row seems ominous. Attached some photos. Wouldove your thoughts.

Many thanks

 

Three possibilities: Some nutritional deficiency, soil too dry or cold damage. This link may be useful Magnolia

 

Have you got some photos of the whole tree @Nickoslesteros?
Some aesthetic damage is normal due to varying weather for example, especially if trees/shrubs come into growth early due to mild weather, and then it changes quickly, but there could be underlying long term problems, or it could simply be nearing the end of it's life, depending on how old it is, and the growing conditions etc.

 

It looks like frost damage to me.
Did it flower well or were the flowers damaged as well.

 

Agree looks like frost damage as I am quite familiar with the issue.

 

Flowers were a bit so so. Its hard to be more objective as I've only really started to take notice past year or so as I've started to learn my garden properly

 

I've attached a few. Seems to be lots of young growth from low down

 

I've noticed this too on my Japanese Maple. We did have a couple of frosts a week ago. Would you say this was frost damage also?

 

I would attribute the apparent damage to low-temperatures and the recent dessicating winds .

 

We have had some furious winds, as we are right on the coast. That would certainly make sense

 

Salty winds will also have a bigger impact if you're near enough for that.
Acers, especially the dissectums, are very prone to wind damage, at almost any time of year, which is why a reasonably sheltered site is better. Mine are all in the best sites I can give them, and are all still potted so that I can move them. They all have some growth, which is early for here for almost all trees, so they'd be affected by the frosts we've had this week [albeit it pretty light ones] if I didn't have them in the right site.
It can be difficult in areas that are generally warmer, because they come into growth earlier in the year too, so they can get damaged if the weather changes.

I can't see that lower growth on the Magnolia very well, but many are grafted, so if it's coming from below that, you may need to remove it.