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 ...

Magnolias are one of the most beloved heralds of spring, whose showy blooms often appear before the trees leaf out. The diverse magnolia genus ranges from shrubs or dwarf trees to trees that grow over ...

Have you ever dreamed of having a backyard or garden filled with the sweet, perfumy scent of fresh magnolia blossoms in the spring? If so, you'll be happy to know there is a wide range of varieties to ...

Planting magnolia trees is a fantastic way to fill your space with stunning white flowers and create an enchanting atmosphere. They may take a few years to really start producing blooms, but the good ...

Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), or just magnolia, (named after Pierre Magnol (1638 to 1715), a French botany professor) has large, showy flowers, making it the most beautiful ornamental tree ...

Jesse Bellemare and John Berryhill work their way down a wooded path at Smith College’s Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station. It’s the kind of warm and cloudy October day when late-fall colors ...

In addition to our native southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, there are a number of other magnolia species to consider for use in our North Florida landscapes. In addition to the evergreen types, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Currently, only 60 Magnolia canandeana trees are known in the wild, and for Magnolia dixonii, only six. These rare magnolia species inhabit Ecuador ...