Q. We have four mature, healthy magnolias in our yard — well, make that three. Some weeks back, one started showing signs of what appear to be dying leaves. Most of the branches still seem OK… ...

It is perfectly normal for magnolia trees to lose leaves in spring, but foliage can drop for more alarming reasons – here's when to worry Drew Swainston Mon, April 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC ...

A recent column of mine discussed a bacterial disease, for which there is no cure, that has begun to infect the popular and widely planted southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).In response, I re… ...

Best of all, the flowering tree is easy to grow in nearly any garden! With a wide range of varieties—from compact dwarf trees to majestic giants reaching over 100 feet tall—there's a magnolia for ...

My Japanese magnolias have this horrible disease that causes tan-colored growths that look like boils on the branches, and they attract flies. A black mildew is on the leaves, and ...

The trees have magnolia scale, large immobile insects that attach themselves to the bark, ... Diseases are common, and late blight has appeared in Western New York state this season.

We enjoy magnolia trees for their beautiful early spring flowers, but in summer they sometimes get downright ugly. Gardeners may notice a fuzzy black coating on branches or a sticky glaze that attr… ...

I’m wondering if you can tell me about this growth that opened into seeds on my Susan Magnolia tree. I’m also wondering if the leaves look diseased (I took this picture in the fall). The ...

We can first treat a sweet bay magnolia with this disease by trimming out all affected foliage to reduce contact with healthy foliage. When the leaves fall make sure you gather them up quickly as ...

Garden writer Ciscoe Morris says it's time to prune sprouts out of dogwood and magnolia trees. Ciscoe also tells gardeners how to test last year's vegetable seeds to see if they will grow in this ...

Q. We have four mature, healthy magnolias in our yard — well, make that three. Some weeks back, one started showing signs of what appear to be dying leaves. Most of the branches still seem OK… ...