There are a few moments in the garden that truly stop me in my tracks, and the blooming of my Japanese magnolias is one of them.

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 ...

Question for Dan Gill: First, I have a Japanese magnolia that is pale pink while just a few doors down the neighbor’s is vibrant magenta. I’ve noticed this variation all over town. Is there a way I ...

The striking Japanese magnolia trees are in bloom, possibly signifying an early spring. And now is the perfect time to plant them. These magnolias have a slow to moderate growth rate and make a great ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana) is a multi-stemmed, spreading ...

Ivan Clare's home in the Granada neighborhood of San Marco recently was full of color, as his Japanese magnolia trees were in glorious bloom. In this week's Q&A, Clare talks about how the trees have a ...

There is a small tree blooming in my neighborhood and it's so pretty I'd like to get one. The petals look like a tulip and there aren't any leaves on it. Do you have any idea what it might be? It's a ...

As the popular song from the musical “Gigi” tells us, little girls “grow up in the most delightful way,” and that is certainly true of the eight "Little Girls" featured in this article. Between 1965 ...

Many small flowering trees help brighten our landscapes from late winter through the spring season. One of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees is the Japanese magnolia. The Japanese ...

Japanese magnolias are in bloom everywhere right now, possibly signifying an early spring. It’s one of the most strikingly beautiful blooming trees this time of year. Also known as saucer magnolia, it ...