My Magnolia grandiflora has curled leaves

I have 14 yr. old Magnolia grandiflora. It has grown perfectly ever since I planted it ten years ago.. It has bloomed beautifully for the last three years. We have had average to to below average rainfall every year except this year. So far, we've gotten well above average rainfall. Most of it falling in the last two months. Each side of the leaf has curled under towards the stem, this spring only. Leaves are of healthy color, it has no bugs, no chemicals or other additives to the soil or foliage. No runoff or drifting chemicals. Old leaves are normal, only new leaves on most, randomly placed, branches are affected. Few branches and blooms are unaffected. Could this excessively wet spring be the culprit?

Excessive water can do that. Roots of these trees can spread for a long distance. Are you sure there are no bugs?

Positive.

No spots or puckers or no damage of any kind.

I don't think it's from excessive water. I have a magnificent magnolia that is probably older than my house which was built in 1947. I'm in Dallas (Zone 8a) and we had the wettest May on record. Or maybe it was the wettest month on record. The amount of rain in May alone was more than we usually get in one year. Anyway, my tree has had more blooms than I've ever seen on it. And it's been blooming for the longest time period since I bought my house in '98. The leaves on my tree haven't curled. So I don't know what's up with your tree, but I doubt if it's too much water.

But wait. You say your tree is 14 years old and you planted it 10 years ago. Plus, unless I misunderstood, it has only bloomed in the last 3 years. Do you ever feed it and if so, what do you use and how often? Do you ever aerate it? Has it been exposed to any 'cides - pesticides, herbicides, etc? Is there any construction nearby that might be rattling the roots?

I'm stumped. Someone wiser than me needs to help you.

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No Costruction. No "cides", chemicals or organic. No pollution. No disturbance of any kind. Except for lots of strong winds, heavy rain and pounding hail. Like yours, flowering like crazy! New leaves are huge, thick glossy, straight and the darkest green I've ever seen. Curled leaves happened only during rainy period. No bugs, no mold/mildew/ or damage of any kind, But is getting back to normal. Curled leaves are staying curled. I don't feed, or aerate. I've done nothing. Just as I've done to the 50 yr old one I had in Arkansas years ago. And it was amazing!
Thanks for your time.

Are you familiar with your Cooperative Extension Service? It's a federal program, so every state should have one. It's usually run by a major university and should probably have branch offices in your area. Yours is through the U of MO: http://extension.missouri.edu/. While you wait for further responses here, I would recommend you also contact your extension service to ask them for help in identifying the culprit. It's a free service, paid for by your tax dollars, so might as well see if they can help you.

Your Coop Ext service is particularly familiar with issues specific to growing things in your area. They may have seen something of this kind before and know the answer immediately. If not, someone from the Ag dept of the university will, hopefully, do the necessary research to determine the problem. My ext service is at Clemson U, and I've had excellent results those time I've needed to contact them for help. Once when a beloved plant developed an unusual problem in the days following a hurricane, the folks at my ext service were able to determine that it was due to a virus, very rare to my area, but brought on by the extremely high humidity in the days following the hurricane. Their lab was able to identify the virus and recommend treatment. It's worth a try to see if your ext svc can offer similar help.

I don't mean to dissuade you from also seeking answers here at DG, btw. I love this site and have learned SO much from the many excellent gardeners here. Your particular questions just strikes me as one for which the researchers at your ext svc might be able to help. If nothing else it's another possible source of info on the problem. Plus, I find that many people are unaware of the availability of their local ext svc.

Did you ever figure this out? This is now happening on my star magnolia tree. All new leaves are curled.