Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Magnolia tree ruined?, 0 by ericabelle

ericabelle wrote:
Hello! As some of you may know, we have just had a big ice storm here in southern Missouri/northern Arkansas. Things have been melting for a few days now, and we were very lucky with not much damage. But the magnolia tree (my favorite tree!) that was here when we moved here did have a major break - it was topped (see the top on the ground in pic). I know that once the main leader of the tree is broken, the secondary growth will be weak and the whole tree is just not very good any more. I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a chance the leader will start growing again or if there was anything I could do to encourage that. It was about 10 feet tall. It is way too close to the fence anyway, so maybe we should just cut our losses with it and cut it down anyway.