During the tenure of Paul Mazerall, Lexington Tree Warden between 1967 and 1989, the front green of the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building at 201 Bedford St. served as a Town Nursery ...

The bigleaf magnolia's flowers are huge, with six conspicuous white tepals, and they too are the largest of this continent’s native flora. Plus, they are very fragrant, a sort of flowery/peppery ...

There are probably 100 or so different species of Magnolia around the world. Eight of them occur in North America, and of these, two species are evergreen: M. grandiflora, “Southern magnolia ...

Bigleaf magnolia has huge leaves. In fact, it has the largest simple leaf of all native North American plants. It also has the largest single flower of the group. The oblong leaves can reach ...

Bigleaf magnolia is in the commercial trade, but not in great quantities. Keep looking, talk to your local nurseries (try using the botanical name), and you may find one – or you can try a mail ...

This fantastic flower was produced on a tree at what we here in Columbia call the Belser Arboretum, a 7-acre (or so) tract of forested land pretty much in the ...

Something about big flowers and foliage is so enticing to me. The first time I saw Magnolia macrophylla was at a botanical garden in Kentucky, and I was totally taken ...

Magnolia trees are diverse in leaf shape and plant form, and they include both evergreen ... to soft, green, enormous, and shaped like saucers (see: M. macrophylla, also known as bigleaf magnolia).

The city planted two trees -- a bigleaf magnolia and Shawnee brave bald cypress -- in Happy Hollow Park on Friday to commemorate Arbor Day. Although Arbor Day is celebrated nationally in April ...