Together with the White House Grounds team and the National Park Service, arborists took down the Jackson Southern Magnolia tree over safety concerns on Monday. A new tree is going up.

The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. Presiden… ...

Donald Trump announced his intent to remove a longstanding magnolia tree from the grounds of the White House. The tree and its counterpart were planted shortly after Andrew Jackson took office, in ...

The new sapling planted this week is a “direct descendant” of the original magnolia tree, according to the White House. The 12-year-old tree was grown at the National Park Service Greenhouse ...

Workers remove a magnolia tree believed to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Pool via AP) ...