Magnolia tree problems drops too many leaves?

Is it the Bull Magnolia that your talking about? The one with tough shiny dark green leaves?

I cared for a Body Corporate garden here in Melbourne, Australia for about 8 years and it had quite a large one growing at the entrance.

I loved the white flowers but the leaf clean up was continuous. It' just one of those trees - like eucalyptus, they drop leaves nearly all year round in abundance. Dry weather will encourage it but I think its the nature of the tree.

One of the reasons I prefer deciduous trees as they generally have only a once a year clean up.

Yes, my neighbor also has a huge magnolia tree, It is gorgeous.

I think this is a small price to pay for beauty and chracter. I agree with not raking it. What is the obsession with clean yards anyway? Once a week of raking is good exercise.. It can be a weekend job for a a boy in your neighborhood.

My sister had three ancient walnut trees in her yard and the mess those trees made was a daily job. Yet she never complained and just sold the house eventually and moved away. I missed those trees. The next owner chopped them down (horrible man).and replaced them with puny decorative shrubbery.

I still remember the sound of crunching leaves with the noises made by chattering chipmunks and squirrels all involved in their daily sociallives among the trees, I step on twigs and they stop- I see red cardinals and blue birds. Those memories are etched in my mind.

Yes, it drops leaves every day year round. There's no way to stop it.

Don't cut it down, they are really beautiful. Also if it is that old it is a huge part of the character of your property. Drawback is yes they make a mess. Try not to let it drive you nuts. Rake once a week.

It may have got bitten by a snake or somebody scared it.