I got an interesting question from a friend at the pool this last week about a potential magnolia that was having some unusual problems at home. As I have been taught for many years, sweet bay ...

Most people know magnolia as a small tree that bears pink flowers in early spring. That particular plant is a hybrid of two Asian species, but eight very different native magnolias grow in the eastern ...

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 ...

After she caught the entrepreneurship bug, Barbara Auvil had a desire to bring a business concept to Lake County — a shop with local small businesses and artisans within it. This led to Auvil opening ...