As magnolias dislike being pruned, the risk is one of cutting out branches on which flower buds have been slowly developing ...

Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with heady, fragrant flowers are familiar sights to Southerners. They bloom in a ...

Elegant and regal, magnolia is the queen of trees and one of the oldest flowers on the planet. Hazel Sillver looks at its ...

Question. My magnolia trees were purchased locally and planted about eight years ago. All I get are a few flowers. How do I encourage more blooms? Answer. Magnolias can be cantankerous trees. Some, ...

Fast-growing flowering trees add beauty to your landscape, rewarding you with lovely blooms and towering stature in just a few years. Slower-growing flowering trees can add character to your garden, ...

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On a recent group tree identification hike in a Leon County park, I found it interesting that the one tree everyone could identify was southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora. And it’s no wonder, as ...

Many of the landscape trees adorning urban cityscapes in Southern California are at or close to the end of their lifespans. While several species of oak, maple, crape myrtle, ficus, magnolia and other ...

Lots of reasons spur the planting of new trees, including shade, beauty, bird and pollinator benefits, and trees’ ability to produce oxygen while storing carbon to counteract harmful climate change.

Q: Our neighbor has a large magnolia tree that casts very heavy shade into our yard. It has left us with a large bare area, and we’ve been unable to grow either turfgrass or hostas there. What ground ...

A tree grows in Manteo, hovering high over an old downtown house with a canopy that covers nearly half a city block. It could be the biggest and one of the oldest southern magnolia trees in North ...