Elegant and regal, magnolia is the queen of trees and one of the oldest flowers on the planet. Hazel Sillver looks at its ...

It is an evergreen magnolia, with large white blooms. I have also seen many deciduous magnolias around town, called saucer Magnolias (Magnolia soulangeana). They are smaller than the southern ...

What’s a tulip tree? There are two plant species grown in Marin that are called tulip trees. Magnolia soulangeana, a ...

Sonoma Botanical Garden is self-pollinating a rare magnolia from China in hopes of cultivating more specimens to preserve the genetic line.

The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

Deciduous magnolias, also known as Japanese or saucer magnolias: Many of us are familiar with these trees’ pink to purple blooms, which appear in late winter and early spring. Newer cultivars ...

With that in mind, here’s a little shortlist of exceptionally reliable, versatile ornamental shrubs for the spring garden.

Why give flowers? Instead, try to take your signifiant other to some of the most stunning gardens in the world. These ...