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 ...

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 ...

Unseasonably mild weather in late winter is bad news for a spring-flowering magnolia, as it coaxes it to open its blossoms too early. If it is followed by an arctic blast of cold air, the glorious ...