Magnolias: choose from large trees or small shrubs, flamboyant flowers or bashful blossoms
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Magnolias are a popular and often spectacular tree with many species and cultivars capable of growing in USDA zones 4 through 9. More than 30 species are cultivated worldwide, most of them with early-blooming flowers that appear before leaves emerge. Magnolias come in many shapes and sizes with a great variety of flower types, making them appropriate in nearly any garden. Among the most popular are the hybrid saucer magnolia, Magnolia kobus var loebneri, M grandiflora, M virginia, and Todd Gresham's hybrids.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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Tough shrubs
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Western US climates demand plants with special characteristics and tolerances not easily classified by USDA zone. Plants here can expect to face dry, alkaline soil; sudden, sharp temperature changes; low humidity; and intense sun. Suitable plants include mountain mahoganies (genus Cercocarpus), th Apache plume, the Smith buckthorn, the buffalo currant, and the skunkbush. Popular prejudice long held that water-intensive plants were more desirable, but that belief is rapidly changing.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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Melancholy magnolias
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A woman fondly recalls her high school literature teacher Mrs. Briegel. The teacher introduced the class to compelling Southern writers such as Flannery O'Connor and Tennessee Williams. She also helped the students awaken to all life's possibilities.
Publication Name: Southern Living
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0038-4305
Year: 1996
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