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 ...

Years ago, I bought two shrubs, assured by the nurseryman that they would always be shrubs and low growers. We planted both close to the house and then they began to grow. In succeeding years, I had ...

There’s a tree near the entrance to my neighborhood that’s been catching my eye lately. It does it every year around this time, although it seems it is a bit earlier this year. I first noticed it when ...

Spring is looking like it is ready to roll. Daffodils, red maples (Acer rubrum) and forsythia are in full swing. I am seeing a bunch of ornamental fruit trees like plum, apricot and some of the early ...

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 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 ...

Magnolia soulangeana, commonly called saucer or tulip magnolia, tulip tree and Japanese is a hybrid magnolia resulting from a cross of Magnolia denudata and Magnolia liliflora is not the smartest ...

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 ...

They’re both pink and bloom beautifully in Washington, D.C., in the spring. But don’t mistake saucer magnolias (Magnolia x soulangeana) for cherry trees. The Smithsonian’s saucer magnolias are part of ...

The one thing all gardeners have in common with Chicago Cubs fans and weekend golfers is that there’s always the next shot or the next season — or next year. The eternal optimism of such endeavors ...