the fragrant trees are among the most beloved in Frederick Law Olmsted’s landmark park. Some are more than 100 years old. Some species are endangered in Massachusetts. One specimen was ...

To help you take advantage of this blossoming spring season, we've compiled a guide to what's in flower at gardens across Massachusetts. The magnolia trees were some of the first plants to blossom ...

Smell the flower and you will invariably have a dab of yellow pollen on the tip of your nose. There are jokes about the plant ...

became the first president of The Garden Club of the Back Bay for organizing a community-wide effort to plant magnolia trees along the stately Commonwealth Avenue. Thanks to her efforts and the ...

This stately tree, Magnolia tripetala ... the tree is now not only surviving in Massachusetts’ climate zones, but thriving and germinating. This raises questions: Can native plants survive ...

known in the scientific world as Magnolia fraseri, in western Massachusetts, a climate similar to the trees’ home habitat in higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains in the states of ...

Being an understory tree growing to no more than 20 feet normally will also mean that it does better under shade. You will find sweet bay magnolia from Massachusetts to Florida and from the ...