Dear Master Gardener: When we were stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, there were beautiful tulip trees growing in the area. I’ve never seen one in a garden center here. Can we grow them in Minnesota?

What’s a tulip tree? There are two plant species grown in Marin that are called tulip trees. Magnolia soulangeana, a ...

Squirrels, rabbits, and deer are no strangers to the allure of their buds and seeds either, highlighting the tulip tree's ability to assemble an array of biodiversity within its 30- to 60-foot spread.