Tulip tree

[philcaegrug]

My magnolia is now against the hedge and i have to duck to mow underneath. When's the best time to cut it back and do i just trim or remove some lower branches altogether? Thanks.

[richardwale]

Tulip tree or Magnolia?

[Stubby]

Tumolia .

[philcaegrug]

I thought magnolia was called a tulip tree from the shape of the flowers

[philcaegrug]

This is why I'm a coal man not an arborist

[sloth]

Tulip tree is so called because the leaves are shaped like tulip flowers. And should I be able to see a picture in this thread?

[nepia]

Tulip is in the Magnolia family so the name isn't that far out.

[mdvaden]

My magnolia is now against the hedge and i have to duck to mow underneath. When's the best time to cut it back and do i just trim or remove some lower branches altogether? Thanks.

 

The other replies so far haven't gotten you any closer to a solution. But you may want to figure out what type of Magnolia because the form or type may alter suggestions.

 

I'm going off your OP at the moment and assuming it's a "Magnolia". The Liriodendron tree with common name "Tulip Tree" is rarely to never called a Magnolia, but the genus Magnolia is always a Magnolia, with occasional use of the nickname after flower shape.

 

A photo or two would be handy to see.

[Mick Dempsey]

Magnolias are resistant to pruning, only the flowers can be susceptible.

 

Prune away...

 

(But yeah, some photos would help)

[philcaegrug]

Hopefully here are a few pics of my magnolia