A Magnolia tree on Lafayette Avenue, between Marcy and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is one of only two trees that have been designated as New York City landmarks. This tree, of the species ...

Accustomed as American gardeners are to planting so many plants from other regions, it comes as shock when a choice tree turns out to be a native. Particularly when it is as wondrous as the Magnolia ...

Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with heady, fragrant flowers are familiar sights to Southerners. They bloom in a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The magnolia family is from the early ...

There are over 100 species of magnolias growing worldwide that might be considered evergreen, although the most famous is surely the southern magnolia, or Magnolia grandiflora, found growing across ...

While New York City’s landmarks are usually thought of as individual buildings or historic districts (and the occasional park), there are some unusual ones in the mix. Two of those landmarks are ...

I just smelled a Southern icon and it wasn't Elvis. No, it was the sweet perfume wafting from the enormous white blossoms of our native Southern magnolia. Is a magnolia a good choice for planting in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magnolia tree flowering at springtime - Alamy Magnolias are magnificent plants, with thickly textured tepals resembling the sort ...

In the days when you could get into Kew Gardens for an old penny stamped with Britannia on the back, I regularly travelled on the 65 bus from Ealing Broadway with a rain mac and a packed lunch. By the ...

Magnolias, those big-bloomed belles, have long had a reputation in Maryland as being a bit like trophy wives: high maintenance. Conventional wisdom held that even with babying, they were apt to turn ...