When you breathe in the sweet fragrance of the magnolia, you know you're home. Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with ...

A: The round, red-colored structures in your photo are the seed-bearing pods, or fruits, of the magnolia. The pods can be ...

Question. I have plenty of pods from a magnolia tree that are full of the red seeds. How are they planted to grow new trees? Answer. Grow a magnolia forest by first removing the red covering from the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have a question about a magnolia tree. It is in the front of our ...