Diagnose my magnolia please :(

[stephm0188]

It looks sickly. Most of the leaves look like this:



Lots of them have been dropping off the tree. 

Any ideas? I'll be so sad if it dies

[treedimensional]

Need more info.
Has something changed in it's environment recently? Like sun/water exposure? Construction affecting the roots?
It is irrigated? If so, describe the irrigation system and frequency.

[simpsongal]

Mine looks awful too

[demandypants]

My rhodie looked like that after a harsh winter

[stephm0188]

Nothing has changed really. It gets full sun most of the day, we haven't had anything out of the ordinary in terms of rainfall. Not too wet, not too dry. No irrigation system. We're in Ohio, zone 5b.


We did have a brutally cold winter.




It just looks thin and sad. 

[treedimensional]

When was it planted? How long have the leaves looked this way?

[stephm0188]

We've lived here four years. I'd guess it's 10-15 years old?

They were like that last summer too, then greened up a bit, but now it's dropping more leaves than ever before. Our last two winters have been abnormally cold, even for Ohio.

[treedimensional]

Abnormally cold qualifies as a recent change in environment, and that's probably the cause.
I've seen frost damage on multiple broadleaf evergreens her in zone 7. Gardenias and palms have taken a beating.