These trees are at their peak as accents in home landscapes and along our parks and highways. ... streets and other hostile landscape locations. ... and the tulip magnolia, (Magnolia soulangeana).

Magnolia soulangeana, commonly called saucer or tulip magnolia, tulip tree and Japanese is a hybrid magnolia resulting from a cross of ... is an old-fashioned shrub in the southern landscape.

Star magnolia. When you think about magnolias, you first thought is large, broad-leafed evergreen trees of the South. However, there are many deciduous magnolias species now in full bloom.

Magnolias come into all their glory in spring, producing saucer-sized, goblet-shaped pink blooms on huge trees, or starry white and pink blooms on smaller specimens.“There a magnolia for every garden, ...

Tulip magnolias, top, are among the first trees to bloom as spring approaches, displaying large pinky mauve blooms on bare branches. The Star magnolia, above, has a pale, fragrant blossom.

From saucer-sized pink blooms on towering trees to starry white and pink flowers on more compact specimens, magnolias offer a breathtaking display each spring. Finding the right magnolia for your ...

This year’s show of magnolia blooms was tarnished. The flowers on many early-blooming magnolia trees turned brown and crisp like potato chips as a result of sharply cold nights in early April.

The tree looks like it's struggling. -- Susan Carter. Answer: Poor quality foliage is typical in late summer for Japanese magnolias (Magnolia x soulangeana). It honestly looks like the trees are ...