The Japanese magnolia opens its fat, furry flower buds in February before the foliage emerges. Unlike the native Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), ...

Most Japanese magnolia varieties are relatively small trees, growing slowly to only 25 to 30 feet high by 20 feet wide. They are multitrunked unless trained to one major trunk.

It's a popular tree in Jacksonville, the Japanese magnolia or saucer magnolia. The relatively large flowers have been sitting as green-pointed buds all winter and are starting to emerge now.

The Japanese magnolia, or saucer magnolia, opens its fat, furry flower buds in February or March before the foliage emerges. News Sports Features Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

The striking Japanese magnolia trees are in bloom, possibly signifying an early spring. And now is the perfect time to plant them. These magnolias have a slow to moderate growth rate and make a ...

Ivan Clare's home in the Granada neighborhood of San Marco recently was full of color, as his Japanese magnolia trees were in glorious bloom. In this week's Q&A, Clare talks about how the trees ...