These striking, “old-wood bloomers” come in hundreds of varieties. They can be grown as multi-stem shrubs or single-trunk trees. Magnolias offer us gardeners some spectacular options for our Pacific ...

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 ...

We moved this winter, and I’m trying to identify plants are in our yard. One big shrub has fuzzy things already. Is it a pussy willow? Just as good if not better, these are the big furry flower buds ...

I recently received an email message from a homeowner that prompted me to resurrect a topic that I wrote about eight years ago. This particular homeowner was deeply concerned that her magnolia tree ...