Magnolia trees can grow up to 80-feet tall, but ‘royal purple’ is a smaller variety that typically stays under 20 feet in height.

Cover the magnolia tree." It was David Weidt, our garden helper, urgently telephoning us one evening in late March some 15 years ago. I remember it well because even as we spoke, snow had begun to ...

Since the tree grows as wide as 40 feet, it takes up a lot of garden space. Sweet bay (M. virginiana), a smaller tree, is easier to fit into most gardens.

Yulan magnolia (Magnolia heptapeta) is very similar to the common purple magnolia but it has white flowers and on a grafted rootstock. These trees can reach up to 30 feet tall and often serves as ...

In search of more magnolia trees, I stopped at the Grant Wood/Jim Hayes house on Court Street. I knew there was a very old tree there, planted in 1942 for Dr. Moore who owned the house after Grant ...

A purple magnolia tree — courtesy of Miller Farms Nursery in McKinleyville — will be placed at Hospice of Humboldt in Eureka on March 23.