A. Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ — known by the common name of Coral Bark Maple — is the small tree with the outstanding orange ...

When you plant your magnolia tree in a pot, you can place them on your patio, balcony, or even keep them indoors. Just make sure the pot is the right size.

One of my yearly high points occurs when my Merrill magnolia blooms. This year — and most years — mine blooms on my birthday, April 23. This year it opened that afternoon. Some years it starts a week ...

In plant species with mixed mating systems, differences in diverse factors—including their pollination system, flowering phenology, life form and susceptibility to inbreeding depression—cause ...

DURING MY TIME as director for landscaping at Seattle University, one of my goals was to create a collection of magnolias on campus. Few, if any, trees have such magnificent flowers. Scientists ...

One of the most beautiful of all flowering trees is the Asiatic (commonly called Japanese) magnolia (known to botanists as the Yulan subsection of the Magnolia genus). They burst forth during late ...

A magnolia tree in full bloom is one of the joys of the spring season, whether it's a mature tree festooned with large cup-shaped flowers or a compact shrub smothered in starry blossom. At a time when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...