Q: We planted a southern magnolia in June ... Bracken's Brown Beauty' and 'Edith Bogue' are two of the cold-hardiest varieties that commonly sell in central Pa. The main threat in some years ...

But it is the 55ft-tall Magnolia grandiflora Edith Bogue beside the house that truly marks this as an unusual place. Miss Bogue herself gave the tree to Howard Van Vleck, the last family member to ...