A Question to Dan Gill: My Japanese magnolia tree is losing its leaves and also has a lot of brownish-black spotting on the leaves.Any ideas what could be wrong? Would it be the sun and heat? It's ...

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The Japanese magnolia, or saucer magnolia, ... dark reddish purple and light yellow. The brightest color is on the outside of the petals, while the inner surface tends to be creamy white.

I love the many small, flowering trees that help brighten our landscapes from February to April. Blooming now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees, the Japanese ...