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 ...

Not all trees thrive in containers. The best trees for pots are those that only reach certain heights and that can survive living in slightly confined spaces. Fortunately, there are plenty of options ...

Touted as one of the most popular magnolia trees you can grow, thanks to its eye-catching bouquet of huge, tulip-shaped, pinky white, goblet-shaped flowers that grow up to 25cm across, this Magnolia ...

With their large, fragrant flowers and white, pink, and purple color palettes, magnolia trees are living proof that nature is ...

Question. I noticed the magnolia trees dropping a lot of yellow leaves. Is this normal? Answer. Yellow fallen leaves may be a bit unsightly, but they are normal for magnolias at this time of the year.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana) is a multi-stemmed, spreading ...

Many kinds of small flowering trees help brighten our landscapes from late winter through the spring season. Coming into bloom now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring flowering trees, the ...

Have you ever gone out and sat on a bench to enjoy the winter garden? There is a special beauty this time of year. The afternoon light, the shadows, the evergreen trees that stand out more after the ...

Throughout our neighborhoods and the city, the most prominent and visible large pink flowering tree is the saucer Magnolia, Magnolia xsoulangiana. When you see an "X" placed before the species ...