What's happened to my magnolia ?

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The plant is quite new & small atm. The leaves have sprung out of it but I think something is nibbling at them. I've checked the underneath and can't see any bugs etc. What else can make the leaves brown and curly??
Do I need to get some sort of pesticide or is it something else damaging the plant?

Frost damage? A lot of new vegetation in my garden has gone brown and withered from all the cold nights we've had.

I think, if it is frost, the plant will quickly recover in a few weeks when we temperatures improve.

I've been out to look at my big magnolia and the leaves look similar. I also think it's frost.

All the usually magnificent magnolias round us have suffered badly with frost this year.

It has been really cold at night...I hope it will recover . Do you think I should have covered it at night??
I have only just started gardening and there is so much to learn.thanks for your help

Where abouts are you? I think magnolias are usually tough enough to withstand an English winter; I'm not sure about a Scottish one. This year is quite unusual in terms of the cold nights we've been having, well into spring. In a normal year, I doubt you'd have had these problems.

The only suggestion I'd make (which you might already be doing) is to position your magnolia pot where it won't get the morning sun. This is because plants that flower very early in the year (like magnolias and camellias) can sometimes have their buds and flowers damaged by being frozen overnight and then rapidly heated by the early morning sun.