According to North Carolina State Extension, this deciduous bigleaf magnolia has “the largest simple leaves and largest flowers of any tree indigenous to North America.” Matt Lobdell ...

Magnolias are beginning to bud and some to bloom in gardens open to the public in Glen Ellen, Sebastopol and Occidental.

The LignoSat is made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia, and the wooden parts are directly joined with a Japanese traditional method instead of using metallic or adhesive material fasteners.