Share 'Mississippi’s Southern Magnolia'

To celebrate Mississippi’s Arbor Day on Feb. 11, we’re spotlighting the state tree – the Southern magnolia. The Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) has the distinction of being Mississippi’s state flowerand its state tree. School children selected the Southern magnolia as the stateflower because of the tree’s large, white blossoms in 1900 (but it was officially adopted in 1952). The Mississi…