These resilient flowering trees are a no-brainer in most of the South. They love a sunny environment and thrive in the upper, middle, lower, and coastal South planting zones. Drought-tolerant once ...

When you breathe in the sweet fragrance of the magnolia, you know you're home. Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With their other-worldly blossoms and attractive growing habits, these trees will become the jewels of your garden. Getty ...

Human error isn’t the only reason plants flower unexpectedly. Sometimes, nature plays a role. In my column last week on pruning, I wondered if a magnolia in my ...

On the winter day I moved in, the flowering tree in the garden absolutely didn't look like one. In fact, it was nothing more than a tangle of bare, twisting branches against a pale sky. Its bare ...

I noticed a few flowers on my magnolia yesterday and thought it was only supposed to flower in spring, which it did. It put on a beautiful display this year, and I am hoping for the same next year, ...

California gardeners are genuinely lucky, even if it doesn’t always feel that way in summer when the lawn is begging for ...

Many kinds of small flowering trees help brighten our landscapes from late winter through the spring season. Coming into bloom now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring flowering trees, the ...

Question. My magnolia trees were purchased locally and planted about eight years ago. All I get are a few flowers. How do I encourage more blooms? Answer. Magnolias can be cantankerous trees. Some, ...

A There are several small trees that will work well in a garden. While some of these trees do produce dry seed pods or capsules, they don't bear fleshy fruits. Your choice should be based on how much ...