magnolia wood

[gobbypunk]

Hi guys I have been offered some magnolia only small bits but big enough for some small things and was wondering what it is like does it last outside etc thanks in advance

Cheers Mark

[spiral]

Hi guys I have been offered some magnolia only small bits but big enough for some small things and was wondering what it is like does it last outside etc thanks in advance

Cheers Mark

 

Sadly its worm & fungi fodder... No good outside.

[se7enthdevil]

i think it's great stuff, it could be prone to worm but what i was given was kept on paving or just not in contact with the soil and it dries really well in the round (i had 5-6" diameters) and once i turned things it was stable. it is harder than tuliptree (liriodendron tulipfera) and takes better detail.

 

get what you can of it.

[gobbypunk]

Hi Steve there is a fair bit of it but only 3-6/7 inch diameter would you like some , its in Dorset but you are welcome to some if you want

Cheers Mark

[se7enthdevil]

thanks for the offer but i have 3-4 lumps still in my store.

[Big Beech]

I've got some approximately 12" in diameter plus crotches?

[se7enthdevil]

i'd be interested in a crotch piece if you are selling?

[spiral]

it is harder than tuliptree (liriodendron tulipfera) and takes better detail.

 

get what you can of it.

 

I was assuming the one I see in England mostly.... Magnolia campbellii from the Himalayas.

 

 

Given your comparison to American liriodendron tulipfera I think you refer to American magnolia acuminate? Which is usually sold along side it.

 

Either way at that diameter {C.5 in.} its just sapwood from a non durable species. Not much use outdoors!

 

Will soon have more holes than the dead oak!

[se7enthdevil]

i only made the comparison to tulipwood because they are both in the magnoliaceae.

 

i was told that my bits of magnolia are M grandiflora but looking in a book there are three or four species we get in this country.

 

my logs have been sitting on the paved stone outside for nearly two years and i don't think there is a single hole on them yet?

[spiral]

Cool, no rot or worm is good!

 

Clever answer!

 

The Yank tulip tree is Liriodendron genera , not the Magnolia genera, but yes indeed there both eventually go back to magnoliaceae family!

 

Most Ive seen appear to be Magnolia campbellii but that might be my limited experience...