Thank you for letting me know that my plant will survive any pruning mistakes I might make.
It really doesn't matter whether I prune my star magnolia to be a tree or a shrub where it is sited, but I need a bit more specific advice.
If I wanted it to be a tree, how do I create the tree form, when the leader has been pruned out and there are four branches growing outwards and upwards at the top of the plant ?
Since it has multiple trunks at the base, would this plant be better trained as a shrub ? How do I do that ?
Right now, it looks totally awkward in it's growth, so I am pretty sure I need to do something before it gets much larger. Yes, I can wait until after it blooms, but I really don't have a clue how to make it look like it's not just kind of going everywhere.
Right now, it doesn't have any crossing branches or any signs of disease. Nor does it seem to have much twiggy growth. It seems that the branches are just getting thicker and longer and the plant doesn't have any shape to it.
Smiles,
Lyn
