Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the several hundred varieties of magnolia trees, little gem is one of two dwarf versions of the southern magnolia with the same ...

Jesse Bellemare and John Berryhill work their way down a wooded path at Smith College’s Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station. It’s the kind of warm and cloudy October day when late-fall colors ...

Q: I like to give my mother new plants as gifts, and over the years, I’ve given her a variety of perennial flowers, shrubs and fruit plants. This year, I’d like to get her something not normally ...

There are about 60,000 species of trees on Earth, and about 1 in 3 is at risk of extinction, according to a 2021 report from Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Among them: the Magnolia ...

If you’re interested in checking out other compact Southern magnolia cultivars, try Little Gem, a Louisiana Super Plant selection, and Kay Parris. These tend to grow a bit taller than Teddy Bear, but ...

he moniker “Magnolia Man” suits Bill Smith just fine. After all, he has devoted the past 15 years to creating, evaluating and distributing new and improved magnolia species for Virginia gardens.