Another species that blooms in early spring is the star magnolia, Magnolia stellata. The tree is smaller, more like a large shrub, and the flowers are typically white, star-shaped and very fragrant.

Japan has its own big-leafed magnolia. The Japanese bigleaf magnolia’s species name, obovata, means “egg-shaped” in reference ...

Another species that blooms in early spring is the star magnolia, Magnolia stellata. The tree is smaller, more like a large shrub, and the flowers are typically white, star-shaped and very fragrant.

Also commonly grown is the Japanese magnolia, Magnolia x soulangiana. These trees are shorter, 20 to 25 feet tall and deciduous. Their flowers come in a variety of shades.

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.

The saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana) is a multi-stemmed, spreading tree.Large, fuzzy, green flower buds are carried through the winter at the tips of brittle branches. Blooms open in late ...

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 ...

Many small flowering trees help brighten our landscapes from late winter through the spring season. One of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees is the Japanese magnolia. The ...

Southern magnolia (Magnolia Grandiflora): This is the one of the best known trees in the state. In Austin, Texas, we saw several espaliered against the wall of a 10-story building.

Also known as saucer magnolia, it is a small, deciduous shrub (botanically speaking) but grows tall. It can be trained like a tree to grow from one main trunk, similar to the way crape myrtles are ...

This Magnolia is known by several names: Soulangiana Magnolia, saucer Magnolia, deciduous Magnolia (although there are many deciduous types of Magnolias), Japanese Magnolia and tulip tree.