Deciduous magnolia trees (Magnolia soulangeana or saucer magnolias) are all about the drama. Throughout summer, they produce wide, deep green leaves that are excellent at repelling sunlight.

Sometimes they'll put on another round of blooms in the late summer, too. But since they ... minimal pruning to remove spent blossoms, your magnolia flower buds will bloom year after year.

There is another window to treat for magnolia scale in late August, when the eggs hatch as crawlers. At that time, use ...