On a recent group tree identification hike in a Leon County park, I found it interesting that the one tree everyone could identify was southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora. And it’s no wonder ...

Together with the White House Grounds team and the National Park Service, arborists took down the Jackson Southern Magnolia tree over safety concerns on Monday. A new tree is going up.

On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to chop down a southern magnolia purportedly planted by former President Andrew Jackson. The Republican wrote that he was working with ...

Not many homeowners have room in their yards for the spectacularly large Southern magnolia, but there are other great options if you want to include a magnolia in your landscape.

Workers remove a magnolia tree believed to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2025.