Many magnolia species have flower buds that are more sensitive to frost or cold snaps than the leaf buds. If the tree has flower buds, but they don’t open, they may have died due to cold.

Saucer magnolia flower buds open before the leaves, Lobdell said, so beetles have easy access. Leaves don’t unfurl from the smaller, less furry leaf buds until the flowers have finished their ...

I had a column about pruning spring-blooming plants. Always prune them after they finish blooming. This is because they set ...

They can be grown as multi-stem shrubs or single-trunk trees. ... Pink saucer magnolia buds start to flower in the sunlight in early spring. (Getty Images) Magnolia buds, ...

They have followed a schedule of fertilizing around February 15 with 8-8-8 or 12-12-12, applying one or two handfuls per square yard of surface area covered by the spread of the tree branches and ...

You want to make sure the tree is healthy in order to produce next year’s buds. Even though your tree is 40 years old, magnolias can live 80 to 120 years. DEAR JOAN: This is what works for me to ...

By George Weigel/The Patriot-News Q: We have a star magnolia tree that we don't want to lose due to its location - front yard, it provides a screen for our bedroom window, and it is really pretty ...

The Southern magnolia can reach well over 60 feet tall, but, on average, trees tend to be around 40 to 50 feet tall with a spread of 20 to 30 feet.