If you want the backyard of your dreams, you need to learn how to prune properly. Magnolia trees bloom very early in the season and the flowers that bloom in the spring came from flower buds that the plant set on the stems last year. So the flowers you see in April come from buds that were set last May. There is a two week window right after the flowers fade where the plant doesn’t have next year‘s flower buds set yet. That is when you want to prune. Your indication of when to prune is when the