Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia is turning a new leaf, or rather, a new flower. The Senate unanimously approved changing the state’s flower last week from ...

The Georgia Senate has passed a bill to change the state flower from the Cherokee rose to the sweetbay magnolia.

Cardinal with wings spread landing on a tree branch. - Gordon Magee/Shutterstock Gardeners with a creek running through their yard, a pond, or a damp depression in the landscape should consider ...

For more than 100 years, the Georgia state flower has been the Cherokee Rose. But an effort is underway to remove this designation and offer the Sweetbay Magnolia as a replacement. The Georgia Native ...

November through early December is the best time to plant hardy trees in Louisiana. Are you thinking about adding shade trees, small spring- or summer-flowering trees or trees for screening? If you ...

BLOOMFIELD- Anyone hoping to hike through the Sweetbay Magnolia Preserve should know that the park is closed to the public from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. It says so on posted signs all over the perimeter of ...

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 ...

There are skeptics out there who don't believe that the Creator of the universe is a Michigan State fan. To eliminate their reservations, all one needs to do is look at a Sweetbay Magnolia in the ...