Magnolias can be moved, but it’s risky proposition, since the root ball must be huge.
A seedling takes 24 months to sprout.................
I posted this on another thread that
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But the Jackson magnolia will live on. White House groundskeepers have been
preparing for the tree’s demise and have grown several offshoots from the
tree and will plant one of them in its place.
http://abc13.com/society/white-house-magnolia-to-be-cut-down/2826222/
Much too slow, IMO. Find someone somewhere in Dixie who owns a large Magnolia tree, and would be willing to have it moved to the WH grounds, and christened “The Donald J. Trump Prosperity Tree”. As to financing the project; it can be done, and I would contribute.