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If you don’t limb up your magnolias, the lower limbs make them perfect for climbing.

Our first idea for insect pollination is usually bees, but those insects didn’t come along until much later than magnolias, which rely on beetles for that function.

The selections of Magnolia grandiflora that are available now offer a variety of sizes and improved leaf color.

Not all evergreen magnolias (Magnolia grandifloras) are the same, so choose wisely.

If you like to have greenery in the house, you can always cut Magnolia grandiflora, more commonly known as Southern magnolia.

Plant breeders developed grafted honey locust cultivars without thorns and without seeds pods for people to grow in their yards and along streets.

Honey locust seed pods have a sweet nutritious substance surrounding the seeds, but not many animals these days can eat through the tough pods.

Gleditsia triacanthos is the scientific name for honey locust, Gleditsia for a German botanist and triacanthos means "three-spined."

Some scientists theorize the reason that honey locust trees developed thorns is because of the mastodon.

Early human inhabitants of our continent did interact with mammoths, mastodons, saber tooth tigers, and even horses that are no longer here.