Spring 2022 seems to be coming awfully early, at least in many parts of the South: plenty of garden weeds popping up, crocuses and daffodils, Lenten-rose, and of course, red maple, elms, alders and ...

I saw my first magnolia flower of the season earlier this month, a solitary, ghostly-white, cup-shaped bloom unfurling high on the bare branches of a tree growing in a sheltered Dublin woodland garden ...

As winter turns to spring, buds are swelling all over the landscape. Among the most distinctive are the fat buds of saucer magnolias, clad like baby seals in silvery fur. The fine hairs are called ...

Those of us who are plant connoisseurs love magnolias for their big bold blooms that take centre stage, making an impressive display in late April and early May. If the flowers of magnolia lasted a ...