Particularly when it is as wondrous as the Magnolia grandiflora. Truly a grand flowering tree, the blossoms can measure a foot across and perfume an entire room. These are flowers that once kept ...

The pecan may be our state tree, but the Magnolia grandiflora, or Southern magnolia, has long been the belle of our arboreal ball. With its dramatic canopy, glossy leaves, and creamy blooms ...

The recent temperature spikes in an otherwise cool spring have produced at least one distressing development in local gardens. They have revealed just how damaging the winter has been on certain ...

View full sizeAlan Branhagen / Kansas City StarThe Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) is well-known as a traditional tree for Louisiana landscapes. Where a medium- to large-growing evergreen ...

A: There are several kinds of magnolias we can grow here, including the glossy-leaved Magnolia grandiflora. Your tree is deciduous, losing its leaves, so it is a saucer magnolia, often called a ...

Specialists at the United States National Arboretum were brought in by the White House to assess the Magnolia grandiflora, as it is specifically termed. According to documents obtained exclusively ...

Planted in approximately 1885, the magnolia grandiflora — or “laurel magnolia” — is unique not only in its historic designation but also in its northern location. According to the 1970 designation ...

On Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Lafayette Avenue there grows an approximately 140-year-old Magnolia Grandiflora, an extremely rare sight anywhere north of Philadelphia, and Brooklyn’s only living landmark.