Inoticed a few flowers on my magnolia yesterday and thought it was only supposed to flower in spring, which it did. It put on a beautiful display this year, and I am hoping for the same next year, but now I am a little worried.

— Rachel Blumenthal, Chicago

I also saw a magnolia at the Garden this week with a couple of open flowers. This tree had also put on a good show of flowers in spring. Considering magnolia is a spring-flowering tree, the flowers caught my attention even though there were only a few of them. There’s nothing for you to be concerned about with your magnolia putting out a few flowers this summer; some magnolias will do so every year.

Magnolias flower in spring and then form flower buds that mostly remain dormant until the next spring. Since there are only a few flowers

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