A Magnolia tree on Lafayette Avenue, between Marcy and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is one of only two trees that have been designated as New York City landmarks. This tree, of the species ...

While New York City’s landmarks are usually thought of as individual buildings or historic districts (and the occasional park), there are some unusual ones in the mix. Two of those landmarks are ...

My Magnolia grandiflora has not flowered since it was planted 14 years ago, in clay soil near a well-behaved septic tank (ie, it’s not waterlogged). It is sheltered from the wind by a tall privet ...

A landmarked brownstone? Sure! A landmarked church? Of course. But a landmarked tree? Yep, Brooklyn’s got one. Bed Stuy’s southern magnolia at 677 Lafayette Avenue is New York City’s only living ...

In the days when you could get into Kew Gardens for an old penny stamped with Britannia on the back, I regularly travelled on the 65 bus from Ealing Broadway with a rain mac and a packed lunch. By the ...

Q: I am thinking of planting an evergreen magnolia in the front yard. What kind you recommend and where can I buy a more mature specimen as I don’t want to wait years for it to grow? SW: Magnolia ...

Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with heady, fragrant flowers are familiar sights to Southerners. They bloom in a ...