| Flowering landscape trees are the crown | | | | brilliant bloom as big as a saucer? Access |
| jewels of the yard. Perhaps no other plants, | | | | information on these beauties here. |
| individually, can have as great an impact on | | | | |
| how a yard looks in spring. Browse the | | | | Rose of Sharon |
| articles to which I've linked below for | | | | |
| information on particular varieties of | | | | Although some people think of it as a |
| flowering landscape trees. Pictures are | | | | landscape "tree" (because it gets tall and |
| included. | | | | can be pruned so as to have a single trunk), |
| | | | rose of sharon is, in fact, a flowering |
| Crape Myrtles: Landscape Trees of the South | | | | shrub. The fact that it blooms relatively |
| | | | late -- and for a long time -- makes it a |
| A popular choice in flowering landscape trees | | | | valuable plant for those looking to |
| for Southerners, crape myrtles have a long | | | | distribute their yard's color display |
| blooming period (mid-summer to fall). The | | | | throughout the growing season. |
| blooming clusters of these flowering | | | | |
| landscape trees come in pink, white, red and | | | | Top 10 List of Flowering Landscape Trees and |
| lavender. The clusters appear on the tips of | | | | Shrubs for Spring | |
| new wood. Northerners can sometimes get away | | | | |
| with treating these flowering landscape trees | | | | This article features information on ten |
| as perennials that die back in winter but | | | | flowering landscape trees and shrubs that |
| come back in spring. | | | | brighten our spring seasons. Included are |
| | | | redbud, callery pear and crabapple. |
| Trees | | | | |
| | | | Hawthorn: Late-Blooming Landscape Trees |
| Not all specimens with a weeping habit are | | | | |
| flowering landscape trees, but this article | | | | This article offers information on Washington |
| looks at several weeping varieties that do | | | | hawthorn trees, which are perhaps most valued |
| bloom, headed by four types of cherry. | | | | for the time at which they bloom (late spring |
| | | | to early summer). Many of the popular |
| Saucer Magnolias | | | | flowering specimens bloom earlier in the |
| | | | spring, and while their blossoms are pleasant |
| The size and shape of the blooms are what | | | | sights for eyes sore from winter's |
| suggested the common name for these flowering | | | | barrenness, they desert us too quickly! |
| landscape trees. Want a specimen with a | | | | |