The new sapling planted this week is a “direct descendant” of the original magnolia tree, according to the White House. The 12-year-old tree was grown at the National Park Service Greenhouse “in ...

The White House has planted a new sapling to replace an ancient magnolia named for President Andrew Jackson. The nation's seventh president brought the seeds of a southern magnolia tree from his ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to plant a young sapling from a historic White House Southern Magnolia tree on Tuesday. The sapling is 12 years old and was grown at the offsite ...

President Donald Trump replaced a chopped-down 200-year-old tree on the South Lawn of the White House with a sapling he dubbed ... The centuries-old “Jackson Magnolia” that had occupied ...

The iconic tree, also known as the "Andrew Jackson Commemorative - Southern Magnolia," will be replaced Tuesday morning with a new sapling, a direct descendant of the original tree. In a statement ...

A Southern Magnolia tree at the White House that traces its roots back to the era of President Andrew Jackson has been removed due to the risk of structural failure.