DURING MY TIME as director for landscaping at Seattle University, one of my goals was to create a collection of magnolias on campus. Few, if any, trees have such magnificent flowers. Scientists ...

Two magnolia trees full of white blossoms and one with pink blossoms - Wlin001/Shutterstock Planting magnolia trees is a fantastic way to fill your space with stunning white flowers and create an ...

Magnolias are magnificent plants, with thickly textured tepals resembling the sort of heavy satin normally worn by upmarket brides and debutantes of old. This ancient group of plants evolved some 95 ...

Magnolias are one of the most loved flowering trees for their stunning blooms and dramatic white, cream, pink or purplish flowers. A symbol of the South (and a favorite of Chip and Joanna Gaines of ...

Japanese magnolias are completing their bloom and flushing out new, light green foliage. These beautiful trees are some of the first plants to signify that spring is just around the corner. With their ...

I love the many small, flowering trees that help brighten our landscapes from February to April. Blooming now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees, the Japanese magnolia or ...

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, ...

I noticed a few flowers on my magnolia yesterday and thought it was only supposed to flower in spring, which it did. It put on a beautiful display this year, and I am hoping for the same next year, ...

Q. Every few years, the flowers of our magnolia trees are damaged by a late hard frost. Afterwards, they look awful. Are there any varieties that are not susceptible to this damage? A. Star magnolias, ...

Every year one group of plants seem to surpass their usual, already often glorious annual display, and produce what feels like an exceptional year. The planets this year seem to have aligned in favour ...

A few days before I wrote this column I was on a street in Hellertown, along which were several large saucer magnolia trees showing pinkish blossoms just about to open. Nearby I also saw a smaller ...