After the flowers are long gone from your magnolia tree, the show continues with the arrival of beautiful bright red magnolia seeds. Exotic-looking cone shaped seed pods appear in early autumn and ...

QUESTION: Big cones that look like seed pods are forming on our magnolia tree. We would like to start a few more trees from the seeds. Can we merely plant the pods or is some special treatment needed?

A: It sure is! One of the most fun curiosities is discovering how each tree develops for reproduction. Here are some of the seed pods I’ve identified over the years.

Question. I have plenty of pods from a magnolia tree that are full of the red seeds. How are they planted to grow new trees? Answer. Grow a magnolia forest by first removing the red covering from the ...

Q-My saucer magnolia has growths that were clumps of green galls that eventually turned orange. Otherwise, the tree looks healthy. What are these? A-These are the seed pods. The pods usually turn ...