Magnolias are about the most exotic looking hardy trees and shrubs we can grow. They are mainly deciduous, but sometimes evergreen, shrubs and trees that thrive most successfully in lime-free soils.

Bigleaf magnolia has huge leaves. In fact, it has the largest simple leaf of all native North American plants. It also has the largest single flower of the group. The oblong leaves can reach lengths ...

This fantastic flower was produced on a tree at what we here in Columbia call the Belser Arboretum, a 7-acre (or so) tract of forested land pretty much in the middle of the city, and two blocks from ...

I was going to start by saying let’s talk about one of my favorite plants; I have so many, that this wouldn’t be true. Let’s talk about one of my many favorites. How can you not like magnolias when ...

This year’s show of magnolia blooms was tarnished. The flowers on many early-blooming magnolia trees turned brown and crisp like potato chips as a result of sharply cold nights in early April. Petals ...

The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, Vol. 138, No. 2 (APRIL-JUNE 2011), pp. 225-238 (14 pages) Species ranges are expected to shift northward with climate warming. Southern Appalachian ...

Something about big flowers and foliage is so enticing to me. The first time I saw Magnolia macrophylla was at a botanical garden in Kentucky, and I was totally taken aback by the gargantuan leaves ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Magnolia macrophylla has been variously reported in the literature as having been discovered by André Michaux (1746-1802) in either North ...

Q: I'm looking for a cowcumber tree, which I think is a kind of magnolia with huge leaves. Is there a reason I've never seen one in a nursery – are they hard to grow? Can you maybe recommend something ...

North Florida is very lucky in that we have an incredible diversity of trees growing naturally in our area. Torreya State Park has the title of most tree diversity for an area in the contiguous United ...

Several varieties of magnolias can be found in this region. The saucer magnolia, sometimes called a Japanese magnolia, can have pink blooms or might have white blooms on the inside with pink on the ...

Columbia's Tree and Appearance Commission recently selected this year's Treasured Trees. For the next several weeks, we'll spotlight some of the winners on the garden page of the Your Home section.