A good layer of mulch helps maintain soil moisture. A good way to hide a magnolia's considerable leaf drop is to allow the branches to grow all the way to the ground so that fallen leaves can be ...

As a child, my sister Lillian and I would climb the large southern magnolia (Magnolia ... making a very regal tree of about 50 feet tall and 40 feet wide. It has a pretty leaf that is dark green ...

Is there a remedy to prevent too much shedding? -- H.S.W., Houston A. Magnolia leaves yellow and drop when they age. And this time of year magnolias are shedding heavily in order to put on new leaves.

This leaf drop is perfectly normal, and it precedes the beautiful magnolia blooms. You can enjoy the heavenly aroma as you are raking up the leaves. Use the leaves as mulch under the tree or put ...

Dear Neil: A few weeks ago my magnolia tree started developing brown ... A: Yes, nitrogen is responsible for promoting leaf and twig growth. Phosphorus (middle number of the fertilizer analysis ...

What you see on the bark of your old magnolia is not anything you need to be concerned about. As for the leaf drop, while magnolias are evergreen (never drop all of their leaves at once ...

I got an interesting question from a friend at the pool this last week about a potential magnolia that was having some unusual problems at home. As I have been taught for many years, sweet bay ...