Magnolias are a dime a dozen in Southern landscape design. A particular magnolia has been catching our eyes, and its massive, bright green leaves are a far cry from the waxy, deep green magnolia ...

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, S.C., call the Belser Arboretum, a 7-acre (or so) tract of forested land pretty much in the middle of the city, and two blocks ...

Our mysterious magnolia is a smallish tree, usually with a single, slender trunk. It doesn’t seem to be very common within its natural geographic range, which seems to be centered in Alabama and ...

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 Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. What can be more “Southern” ...

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 ...

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.