Often hidden by the 6- to 10-inch leaves, those blooms are followed by cucumber-shaped fruits that mature to red with red seeds. This magnolia makes an imposing and fast-growing shade tree ...

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

butterflies aren't that interested in sweetbay magnolia's flowers. But some species, including the much-loved eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), lay their eggs on the tree's leaves.

When I reflect back to my early childhood, I often find myself beneath the canopy of a towering magnolia tree in my grandmother’s backyard. Its sweet, lemony fragrance would linger in the warm air, ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, meet umbrella magnolia, a small tree easily identified by the clusters of long simple leaves at the end of the twigs, which form an umbrella shape, and by its ...

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