Production of these pods begins about age 10. Hybrids can be grown from these pods, a favorite fruit of squirrels, but with hybrid magnolias like saucer varieties, they will not be breed true and characteristics can be different than the parent tree.

https://gardenerspath.com/plants/landscape-trees/propagate-magnolia-seed/

My mature star magnolia and re-blooming saucer varieties became too stressed and infected by magnolia scale to produce seed pods. I've treated it with a systemic fertilizer/insecticide for the last 3 years.

https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/tree-plant-care/plant-care-resources/magnolia-scale-neolecanium-cornuparvum/

I've been here for 10 years.

Apparently planted erroneously close by my current landlord's mother. The property has been in their family for a long time.

It is sad to have to fell them.

2 years ago, landlord did a big 'pruning' job.

and he himself got up and did it.

We have a lot of Magnolias on our place, but they are Southern Magnolia. The are nice to look at and have beautiful large white flowers in the Spring, but the shed enough leaves to kill everything that tries to grow beneath them, so we don't have them around the house. One thing that I have noticed about the shed leaves is that they burn like gasoline.