It’s December and Prospect Park’s trees are coming to life. A casual walk through the Brooklyn greenery might show cherry blossom trees in bloom and budding magnolia trees. And while that might seem ...

Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with heady, fragrant flowers are familiar sights to Southerners. They bloom in a ...

One of the many ephemeral pleasures of spring is a jarful of magnolia vinegar. To make it, fresh magnolia buds or petals are ...

Every year at this time, when the deciduous magnolias bloom, I am gob-smacked by the beauty of the enormous bi-colored velvety-petaled flowers and their big fat fuzzy buds. And I am reminded of what ...

April is without a doubt one of my favorite months for magnolia trees. There’s something about their large, fragrant blooms and glossy green leaves that never fails to make me pause and smile. After ...

So far, this spring has been good for blooming trees and shrubs. One that comes to mind is Saucer Magnolia. This lavender-blooming, multi-stemmed tree is still holding on to blooms in some areas. The ...