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Magnolias are among the oldest flowering plants they were already in the Tertiary (more than 90 million years ago!) when there were not even bees on Earth and pollination mainly concerned beetles. The entire northern hemisphere was covered with forests of ambrowts, tulip trees, ginkgo trees, and magnolias, which were brought to an end by glaciation. They survived only where the ice did not reach, that is, in the east of North America and in East Asia, where wild magnolias are still found today.
Formerly planted near residences and palaces, they were considered a sign of prestige. Currently, we know about 250 species of magnolia, and some of them we see in home gardens.
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